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Jia-Jung Lee

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

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

Yu-Ju Wei

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Ming-Yen Lin

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-4833

Sheng-Wen Niu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

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

Po-Yao Hsu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

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

Jiun-Chi Huang

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Tyng-Yuan Jang

Roles Data curation, Methodology

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-130X

Ming-Lun Yeh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Lipid Science and Aging Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ching-I Huang

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Po-Cheng Liang

Roles Methodology, Project administration

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

Yi-Hung Lin

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Ming-Yen Hsieh

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Meng-Hsuan Hsieh

Roles Project administration, Validation

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Szu-Chia Chen

Roles Methodology, Project administration

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

Chia-Yen Dai

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Zu-Yau Lin

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shinn-Cherng Chen

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jee-Fu Huang

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Jer-Ming Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

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

Shang-Jyh Hwang

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Chung-Feng Huang

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Wen Chiu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

* E-mail: chiuyiwen@gmail.com (YWC); waloch@kmu.edu.tw (WLC)

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6840-5440

Wan-Long Chuang

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chiuyiwen@gmail.com (YWC); waloch@kmu.edu.tw (WLC)

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Lung Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Lipid Science and Aging Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cohort Study, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Cancer Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.