Tsai, Yi-Chun*,†,‡; Chiu, Yi-Wen†,‡; Tsai, Jer-Chia†,‡; Kuo, Hung-Tien†,‡; Hung, Chi-Chih†,‡; Hwang, Shang-Jyh*,†,‡,§; Chen, Tzu-Hui‖; Kuo, Mei-Chuan*,†,‡; Chen, Hung-Chun†,‡
*Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine and
‡Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;
†Division of Nephrology and
‖Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and
§Institute of Population Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
Correspondence: Dr. Mei-Chuan Kuo, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 TzYou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Email: [email protected]
Received April 9, 2014
Accepted September 16, 2014
