About the Authors

Yi-Chun Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Shiang-Jiun Tsai

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Deparment of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

Jin-Cherng Chen

Roles Supervision

Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

Juen-Haur Hwang

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

g120796@tzuchi.com.tw

Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.