About the Authors

Chih-Wei Tsao

Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chin-Yu Liu

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Yu-Ching Chou

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Tai-Lung Cha

Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Chang Chen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Patent, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Yeh Hsu

weisurger228@yahoo.com.tw

Affiliations Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, Master Program in Global Health and Development, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWT CYH. Performed the experiments: CWT CYL TLC SCC. Analyzed the data: YCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWT CYL YCC CYH. Wrote the paper: CWT. Applied the data: CWT CYL.