About the Authors

Yi-Chun Tsai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of General Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hui-Ju Tsai

Roles Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chee-Siong Lee

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliations Division of General Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Wen Chiu

Roles Resources

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hung-Tien Kuo

Roles Resources

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Su-Chu Lee

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tzu-Hui Chen

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Mei-Chuan Kuo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

mechku@cc.kmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.