Contributors
Chiu-Huang Kuo:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9239-6932
Role: Formal analysisRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draft
Yu-Li Lin: Role: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draft
Chung-Jen Lee: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysis
Chih-Hsien Wang: Role: Resources
Yu-Hsien Lai: Role: Resources
Hung-Hsiang Liou: Role: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Bang-Gee Hsu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Abelardo I Aguilera: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
5
January
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0190694
Affiliations
[1
]
Division of Nephrology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
[2
]
Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
[3
]
School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
[4
]
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hsin-Jen Hospital, New Taipei City,
Taiwan
Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, SPAIN
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
[¤]
Current address: Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-18343
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190694
PMC ID: 5755912
PubMed ID: 29304064
SO-VID: e7d24a33-84f4-40a1-8944-3298facb062a
Copyright © © 2018 Kuo et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 12
May
2017
Date
accepted
: 19
December
2017
Page count
Figures: 1,
Tables: 5,
Pages: 11
Funding
Funded by: Ministry of Science and Technology,Taiwan
Award ID: MOST-104-2314-B-303-010
Award Recipient
:
Bang-Gee Hsu
This study was supported by a grant from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan,
MOST-104-2314-B-303-010 (
https://www.most.gov.tw/). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision
to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Hormones
Subject:
Peptide Hormones
Subject:
Leptin
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Materials Science
Subject:
Material Properties
Subject:
Mechanical Properties
Subject:
Stiffness
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Biological Tissue
Subject:
Adipose Tissue
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Biological Tissue
Subject:
Adipose Tissue
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Endocrinology
Subject:
Endocrine Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Metabolic Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Hemoglobin
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Nephrology
Subject:
Medical Dialysis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Physiological Parameters
Subject:
Body Weight
Subject:
Body Mass Index
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Physiological Parameters
Subject:
Body Weight
Subject:
Body Mass Index
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Vascular Medicine
Subject:
Blood Pressure
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