About the Authors

Ming-Han Hsieh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tzu-Yu Kao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

Current address: Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Ting-Hui Hsieh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

Current address: Interdisciplinary Program for Undergraduates, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Chi Kao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Yuan Peng

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsueh-Chou Lai

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Po-Heng Chuang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Jung-Ta Kao

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

garrydarkao@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.