About the Authors

Jui-Ming Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jui-Ming Chen, Cheng-Wei Chang

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Gerontechnology and Service Management, Nan Kai University of Technology, Nantou, Taiwan

Cheng-Wei Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jui-Ming Chen, Cheng-Wei Chang

Affiliation Department of Information Management, Hsing Wu University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Tzu-Hao Chang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Chang Hsu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan

Jorng-Tzong Horng

whhsheu@vghtc.gov.tw (WH-HS); horng@db.csie.ncu.edu.tw (J-TH)

Affiliations Department of Gerontechnology and Service Management, Nan Kai University of Technology, Nantou, Taiwan, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan

Wayne H-H Sheu

whhsheu@vghtc.gov.tw (WH-HS); horng@db.csie.ncu.edu.tw (J-TH)

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Technology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J-MC. Performed the experiments: J-MC C-CH T-HC. Analyzed the data: J-MC WH-HS C-WC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-TH. Wrote the paper: J-MC WH-HS C-WC. Wrote the final revision: J-MC.