About the Authors

Shiu-Dong Chung

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Ping Liu

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Jau-Jiuan Sheu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jau-Jiuan Sheu, Chao-Hung Chen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Neuroscience Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ching-Chun Lin

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Herng-Ching Lin

Affiliations Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Health Care Administration Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chao-Hung Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jau-Jiuan Sheu, Chao-Hung Chen

yichen@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDC SPL JJS HCL. Analyzed the data: CCL HCL CHC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SDC SPL JJS HCL CHC CCL. Critical revision: JJS SPL HCL CHC SDC.