1Liver Center, Cathay General Hospital Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
3Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
4School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
5School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Correspondence: Yi-Wen Huang, MD, PhD, Liver Center and Health Management Center, Cathay General Hospital Medical Center, No. 280, Sec. 4, Jen-Ai Road, 10630 Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
Guarantor of the article: Yi-Wen Huang, MD, PhD.
Specific author contributions: Study concept and design: Y.W.H.: acquisition of data; A.C.H.: analysis and interpretation of data; A.C.H., Y.W.H., and S.S.Y.: drafting of the manuscript; Y.W.H. and A.C.H.: critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Y.W.H., A.C.H., and S.S.Y.: statistical analysis; A.C.H.: obtained funding; Y.W.H. and S.S.Y.: administrative, technical, or material support; Y.W.H., A.C.H., and S.S.Y.: study supervision; Y.W.H., S.S.Y., Y.W.H., A.C.H., and S.S.Y. have approved the final draft submitted. Study sponsor has no role in study design, in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Financial support: This work was supported by the Cathay General Hospital Medical Center (grant number CGH-MR-9922, CGH-MR-A10225, and CGH-MR-B10209).
Potential competing interest: None.
