Chang, Cherry Yin-Yi
Lin, Kent Yu-Hsien
Huang, Chien-Chu
Lin, Wu-Chou
Article History
Received: 20 November 2020
Accepted: 17 July 2021
First Online: 28 July 2021
Declarations
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: All experimental protocols were approved by China Medical University Hospital’s Review Board and Ethics Committee (CMUH number: CMUH-104-REC2-115 (CR-4)). all methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations (Declaration of Helsinki). The informed consent for the study was waived off by China Medical University Hospital’s Review Board and Ethics Committee (For the study purpose, the small databank from NHIRD is form one million individuals randomly recruited as subjects obtained from NHIRD. The use of data for our study was permitted by the National Health Research Institute. Protocol for the protection of subjects' privacy already under de-link and unable to identify personally.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.