About the Authors

Ming-Chih Lin

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yun-Ching Fu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sheng-Ling Jan

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Mei-Shu Lai

mslai@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Center of Comparative Cost Effectiveness Research, National Center of Excellence for Clinical Trial and Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCL SLJ YCF MSL. Performed the experiments: MCL. Analyzed the data: MCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCL. Wrote the paper: MCL.