About the Authors

Hyemin Jeong

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Young-Soo Chang

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea

Sun Young Baek

Affiliation Biostatic and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

Seon Woo Kim

Affiliation Biostatic and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

Yeong Hee Eun

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

In Young Kim

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Jaejoon Lee

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Eun-Mi Koh

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Hoon-Suk Cha

hoonsuk.cha@samsung.com

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HJ YSC HSC. Data curation: HJ YSC SYB SWK. Formal analysis: HJ YSC SYB SWK. Investigation: HJ YSC YHE IYK. Methodology: HJ YSC SYB SWK. Resources: HJ YSC JL EMK. Supervision: JL EMK HSC. Writing – original draft: HJ YSC. Writing – review & editing: HJ YSC HSC.