Lin, Yi-Chang
Chen, Tien-Yu
Chien, Wu-Chien
Chung, Chi-Hsiang
Chang, Hsin-An
Kao, Yu-Chen
Tsai, Chien-Sung
Lin, Chih-Sheng
Tzeng, Nian-Shen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-7089
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of National Defense (MAB-107-084)
Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH-C106-106, TSGH-C107-004, TSGH-C107-106, TSGH-C108-027, TSGH-C108-151)
Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH-C108-003)
Article History
Received: 11 February 2019
Accepted: 24 December 2019
First Online: 3 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Since the identifiable database of individuals included in the NHIRD were all encrypted in order to protect individual privacy, the NHI Administration has given general approval for their data to be used in this research. Because the NHIRD has the advantage of providing a large-scale, longitudinal, reliable dataset, leading to extensive use for population-based researches in Taiwan, the Institutional Review Board of Tri-Service General Hospital was aware of this and approved the research to proceed, and also agreed that the benefit justified waiving the need for individual written informed consent in such a study. (IRB No. 1–106–05-169).
: Not Applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.