About the Authors

Kun-Lin Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Cheng-Ping Shih

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jenq-Shyong Chan

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chi-Hsiang Chung

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Hung-Che Lin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chang-Huei Tsao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Fu-Huang Lin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

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

Wu-Chien Chien

Contributed equally to this work with: Wu-Chien Chien, Po-Jen Hsiao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

a2005a660820@yahoo.com.tw (PJH); chienwu@ndmctsgh.edu.tw (WCC)

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Po-Jen Hsiao

Contributed equally to this work with: Wu-Chien Chien, Po-Jen Hsiao

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

a2005a660820@yahoo.com.tw (PJH); chienwu@ndmctsgh.edu.tw (WCC)

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China, Big Data Research Center, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.