Affiliation: | a Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China b Department of Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China c Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China d Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China e Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China f Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China g Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China h Department of Research and Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China |