About the Authors

Chien-Hsien Lo

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Yu-Hsun Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chin-Feng Tsai

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Kuei-Chuan Chan

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Li-Ching Li

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tse-Hsien Lo

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Da Chien General Hospital, Miaoli, Taiwan

James Cheng-Chung Wei

Contributed equally to this work with: James Cheng-Chung Wei, Chun-Hung Su

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Chun-Hung Su

Contributed equally to this work with: James Cheng-Chung Wei, Chun-Hung Su

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

such197408@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.