About the Authors

Young Eun Chon

Contributed equally to this work with: Young Eun Chon, Eun Hee Choi

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Eun Hee Choi

Contributed equally to this work with: Young Eun Chon, Eun Hee Choi

Affiliation Department of Biostatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ki Jun Song

Affiliation Department of Biostatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jun Yong Park

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Do Young Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Kwang-Hyub Han

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Chae Yoon Chon

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Sang Hoon Ahn

ahnsh@yuhs.ac (SHA); ksukorea@yuhs.ac (SUK)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Seung Up Kim

ahnsh@yuhs.ac (SHA); ksukorea@yuhs.ac (SUK)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YEC EHC SHA SUK. Performed the experiments: YEC EHC. Analyzed the data: YEC EHC KJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYP DYK KHH CYC SHA SUK. Wrote the paper: YEC EHC.