About the Authors

Lan T. Ho-Pham

hophamthuclan@tdt.edu.vn

Affiliations Bone and Muscle Research Division, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton DucThang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Department of Internal Medicine, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Department of Rheumatology, People’s Hospital 115, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Thai Q. Lai

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, People’s Hospital 115, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Mai T. T. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Medical Ethic—Behavioral Science, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tuan V. Nguyen

Affiliations Bone and Muscle Research Division, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton DucThang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Health Technologies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LTH TVN. Performed the experiments: LTH TQL MTTN. Analyzed the data: TVN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LTH TVN. Wrote the paper: LTH TVN.