About the Authors

Ji Hye Huh

‡ Ji Hye Huh and Kyong Joo Lee contributed equally to this work as first authors.

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Kyong Joo Lee

‡ Ji Hye Huh and Kyong Joo Lee contributed equally to this work as first authors.

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Jung Soo Lim

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Mi Young Lee

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Hong Jun Park

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Moon Young Kim

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Jae Woo Kim

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Choon Hee Chung

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Jang Yel Shin

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Hyun-Soo Kim

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Sang Ok Kwon

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Soon Koo Baik

baiksk@yonsei.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju City, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHH KJL SKB. Performed the experiments: JHH KJL SKB. Analyzed the data: JSL MYL HJP MYK JWK JYS CHC HSK SOK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSL MYL HJP MYK JWK JYS CHC HSK SOK. Wrote the paper: JHH KJL SKB.