About the Authors

Chin Lin

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Hsin-Yi Yang

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Chia-Chao Wu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Herng-Sheng Lee

Affiliation Division of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Yuh-Feng Lin

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC

Kuo-Cheng Lu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC

Chi-Ming Chu

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Fu-Huang Lin

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Sen-Yeong Kao

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Sui-Lung Su

a131419@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL HYY SLS. Performed the experiments: CL HYY SLS. Analyzed the data: CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL CMC. Wrote the paper: CL HYY SLS. Critical review and comments: CCW HSL YFL KCL FHL SYK. Modify manuscript: CL HYY CCW HSL KCL SLS.