Funding for this research was provided by:
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital (TCRD-TPE-111-09)
Taiwan Liver Disease Consortium (MOST 109-2314-B-002-091-MY3)
Article History
Received: 2 September 2022
Accepted: 4 November 2022
First Online: 5 December 2022
Declarations
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: Yu-Ming Cheng, Chia-Chi Wang, and Jia-Horng Kao declare no conflict and interest.
: This study was performed in accordance with the principles of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital; Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation (approval numbers: 10-XD-055 and 11-X-074) with waived informed consent and the Ethics and Governance Council of the TWB (approval numbers: TWBR11102-03).