About the Authors

Kai-Jen Tien

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of General Education, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

Chien-Wen Chou

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Shang-Yu Lee

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Nai-Cheng Yeh

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Chwen-Yi Yang

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Feng-Chieh Yen

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Jhi-Joung Wang

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Shih-Feng Weng

cacmmc@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Hospital and Health Care Administration, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJT CWC JJW SFW. Performed the experiments: SYL NCY CYY FCY. Analyzed the data: KJT JJW SFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWC SYL NCY CYY. Wrote the paper: KJT SFW.