Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST-108-2314-B-010-045-MY3)
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGHKS109-120)
Article History
Received: 10 February 2021
Accepted: 19 July 2021
First Online: 3 August 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical review and approval were waived for this study (study 0103-3494B), by the Chang Gung Memorial Foundation Institutional Review Board, due to sufficient scrambling of personal and potentially identifying patient information at the time of data query from the NHIRD. Patient consent was likewise waived due to sufficient scrambling of personal and potentially identifying patient information at the time of data query.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.