About the Authors

Te-Chun Shen

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Li Lin

Affiliation Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chang-Ching Wei

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chia-Hung Chen

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Yen Tu

fcsung.tw@gmail.com (F-CS); chesttu@gmail.com (C-YT)

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Te-Chun Hsia

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chuen-Ming Shih

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Wu-Huei Hsu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Fung-Chang Sung

fcsung.tw@gmail.com (F-CS); chesttu@gmail.com (C-YT)

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCS CCW. Performed the experiments: TCS CCW CLL CHC FCS CYT TCH CMS WHH. Analyzed the data: CLL CHC FCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCS CCW CLL CHC FCS CYT TCH CMS WHH. Wrote the paper: TCS CLL CYT FCS. Administrative support: TCH CMS WHH.