About the Authors

Chao-Hsien Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao-Hsien Chen, Cheng-Yi Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taitung MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, MacKey Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Cheng-Yi Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chao-Hsien Chen, Cheng-Yi Wang

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Ching-Yi Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ya-Hui Wang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Cardinal Tien Hospital and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Kuang-Hung Chen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Cheng Lai

Roles Conceptualization

sub164450@gmail.com (C-CL); yushuanhsu@gmail.com (Y-FW); paper199350@gmail.com (P-KF)

Affiliation Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Feng Wei

Roles Formal analysis

sub164450@gmail.com (C-CL); yushuanhsu@gmail.com (Y-FW); paper199350@gmail.com (P-KF)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Cancer Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Medicine for International Students, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Pin-Kuei Fu

Roles Formal analysis

sub164450@gmail.com (C-CL); yushuanhsu@gmail.com (Y-FW); paper199350@gmail.com (P-KF)

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.