About the Authors

Young-Ok Na

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Hwa Kyung Park

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Jae-Kyeong Lee

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Bo-Gun Kho

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

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Tae-Ok Kim

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Hong-Joon Shin

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Yong-Soo Kwon

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Yu-Il Kim

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Sung-Chul Lim

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Hyung-Joo Oh

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Cheol-Kyu Park

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Joennam, Republic of Korea

In-Jae Oh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Joennam, Republic of Korea

Young-Chul Kim

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Lung and Esophageal Cancer Clinic, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Joennam, Republic of Korea

Ha-Young Park

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

Affiliations Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Bitgoeul Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.