About the Authors

Ya-Li Huang

Affiliations Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Public Health, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hua-Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Cosmetic Application and Management, St. Mary's Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Yilan, Taiwan

Bor-Cheng Han

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Wei Liu

Affiliation Department of Information Management, St. Mary's Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Yilan, Taiwan

Hsiao-Chi Chuang

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Lian-Yu Lin

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Kai-Jen Chuang

kjc@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Public Health, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL KC. Performed the experiments: YH HC BH CL. Analyzed the data: HC KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL HC KC. Wrote the paper: LL KC.