Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health and Welfare (109-TDU-B-212-114004)
MOST Clinical Trial Consortium for Stroke (MOST 108-2321-B-039-003)
Article History
Received: 27 May 2020
Accepted: 24 August 2020
First Online: 31 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee at China Medical University and Hospital. The need for informed consent was waived from all participants [CMUH104-REC2–115 (CR-3)]. To comply with research ethics and the Personal Information Protection Act, the identifications of all insured people were shuffled and replaced with surrogate numbers for research.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.