1. School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2. Division of Thoracic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
4. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
5. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
6. Department of Nursing, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
7. Office of The President, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan
8. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan