About the Authors

Ching-Yuan Lai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Jen-Huan Chiang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Health Data Management Office, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jaung-Geng Lin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hung-Rong Yen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Hao Tu

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

yihungchen@mail.cmu.edu.tw (YHC); lordowen@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CHT)

Affiliations Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yi-Hung Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yihungchen@mail.cmu.edu.tw (YHC); lordowen@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CHT)

Affiliations Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.