Funding for this research was provided by:
Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial Center (MOHW106-TDU-B-212-113004)
China Medical University Hospital (TW), Academia Sinica Taiwan Biobank Stroke Biosignature Project (BM10601010036)
Taiwan Clinical Trial Consortium for Stroke (MOST 106-2321-B-039-005)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2017
Accepted: 31 January 2018
First Online: 9 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study used the National Health Insurance Research Database established by the National Health Research Institutes with the authorization of the Bureau of National Health Insurance of the Department of Health of Taiwan. The interpretations and conclusions contained herein do not represent the opinions of the aforementioned agencies and institutions. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest related to this study.
: To comply with the Personal Information Protection Act, all of the identifying information of the insured people were removed and replaced with surrogate numbers for research use. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of China Medical University and Hospital in Taiwan [CMUH104-REC2-115(CR-1)].
: Not applicable.