About the Authors

Fu-Shun Yen

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dr. Yen’s Clinic, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jung-Nien Lai

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

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

James Cheng-Chung Wei

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan

Lu-Ting Chiu

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan

Chii-Min Hwu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chih Hou

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

mchou@vghtpe.gov.tw (MCH); cch@nhri.edu.tw (CCH)

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Cheng Hsu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

mchou@vghtpe.gov.tw (MCH); cch@nhri.edu.tw (CCH)

Affiliations Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.