About the Authors

Min Woo Kim

These authors contributed equally to this work and are considered co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ki Hoon Ahn

These authors contributed equally to this work and are considered co-first authors.

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ki-Jin Ryu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Soon-Cheol Hong

novak082@naver.com

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Ji Sung Lee

Affiliation Biostatistical Consulting Unit, Soonchunhyang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

Alejandro A. Nava-Ocampo

Affiliations Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Pharmacological Research and Applied Solutions–PharmaReasons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Min-Jeong Oh

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Hai-Joong Kim

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Competing Interests

AANO is an employee of Pharmacological Research and Applied Solutions–PharmaReasons. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWK SCH. Performed the experiments: MWK SCH. Analyzed the data: KHA JSL AANO MJO HJK KJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSL MWK. Wrote the paper: MWK KHA SCH.