About the Authors

Lii-Jia Yang

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Shan-Min Hsu

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

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

Ping-Hsun Wu

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

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Yen Lin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Master of Public Health Degree Program, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Teng-Hui Huang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

Yi-Ting Lin

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao–Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hung-Tien Kuo

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Yi-Wen Chiu

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Shang-Jyh Hwang

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Jer-Chia Tsai

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

jerchia.tsai@gmail.com

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

Hung-Chun Chen

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

Co-author Ping-Hsun Wu is a fellow of PLOS ONE Editorial Board Members. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.