About the Authors

Shuo-Meng Wang

Affiliations Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Nan Lai

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Alan Wei

Affiliation School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Ya-Yin Chen

Affiliations Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Statistics, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Yeong-Shiau Pu

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Pau-Chung Chen

Affiliation Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jung-Der Wang

jdwang121@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan City, Taiwan, Departments of Internal Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMW JD. Performed the experiments: JDW PC. Analyzed the data: SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCC. Wrote the paper: SMW. Contributed to the idea and design in this work: MNL AW YYC YSP.