About the Authors

Jae Won Hong

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Koyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Cheol Ryong Ku

Affiliation Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jung Hyun Noh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Koyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Kyung Soo Ko

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Byoung Doo Rhee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Center, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dong-Jun Kim

djkim@paik.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ilsan-Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Koyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJK. Performed the experiments: DJK. Analyzed the data: DJK JWH. Wrote the paper: JWH CRK JHN KSK BDR.