About the Authors

Li-Ju Ho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Hung-Yi Yang

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chi-Hsiang Chung

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

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

Wei-Chin Chang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Sung-Sen Yang

Roles Project administration

Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-An Sun

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliations Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Big Data Research Center, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Wu-Chien Chien

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

chienwu@ndmctsgh.edu.tw (WCC); rueiyusu@gmail.com (RYS)

Affiliations School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Ruei-Yu Su

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

chienwu@ndmctsgh.edu.tw (WCC); rueiyusu@gmail.com (RYS)

Affiliations Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.