About the Authors

Ya-Mei Tzeng

Contributed equally to this work with: Ya-Mei Tzeng, Ming-Chieh Tsai

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Ting Kao

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

Senyeong Kao

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

Herng-Ching Lin

Affiliation Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chieh Tsai

Contributed equally to this work with: Ya-Mei Tzeng, Ming-Chieh Tsai

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Cha-Ze Lee

czl@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YMT SK HCL CZL. Analyzed the data: HCL LTK. Wrote the paper: YMT SK LTK HCL MCT CZL. Revising the manuscript: YMT SK LTK HCL MCT CZL.