Wang, Chieh
Lee, Yu-Chen
Wu, Mei-Yao
Lin, Cheng-Li
Sun, Mao-Feng
Lin, Jaung-Geng
Yen, Hung-Rong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0131-1658
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education (Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University” from the Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project)
China Medical University (CMU105-BC-1-2)
China Medical University Hospital (DMR-105-003, DMR-108-175)
Clinical Trial Center, China Medical University Hospital (MOHW108-TDU-B-212-133004)
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW108-TDU-B-212-124024, MOHW108-NRICM-M-124-000002)
China Medical University Hospital (DMR-108-115, DMR108-116)
Article History
Received: 29 January 2019
Accepted: 11 November 2019
First Online: 21 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We conducted this study in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (CMUH104-REC2–115) and also the National Health Research Institute, the data holder of the NHI database. The patient consent was exempted for the total anonymity of all research data in this study.
: Not applicable in this section.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.