Huang, Sung-Po
Wen, Yao-Chun
Huang, Shih-Tsung
Lin, Chih-Wan
Wang, Tzung-Dau
Hsiao, Fei-Yuan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-9120
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST104-2410-H-002-225-MY3)
Article History
First Online: 19 September 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Grant No. MOST104-2410-H-002-225-MY3). The funding source had no role in conducting this study, including the study design, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation and review, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
: The identification numbers for all of the entries in the NHIRD are encrypted to ensure privacy. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH-REC-201403069 W).
: Sung-Po Huang, Yao-Chun Wen, Shih-Tsung Huang, Chih-Wan Lin, Tzung-Dau Wang, and Fei-Yuan Hsiao have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this study.