About the Authors

Jeong Bae Park

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

mdparkjb@gmail.com

Affiliations JB lab and clinic, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Medicine, Cheil General Hospital, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Su-A Kim

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ki-Chul Sung

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jang Young Kim

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

Although Boryung Pharmaceutical Company in Korea provided the research grant, this does not alter the adherence to PLOS ONE policy on sharing data and materials.