The authors acknowledge the administrative support of the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Clinical Trial Center—which is funded by the Taiwanese Ministry of Health and Welfare . The authors thank Shu-Chen Yu, Zi-Ming Chen, all participants of NSARF and CAKs/TCTC. We also thank Alfred Hsing-Fen Lin who serves in Raising Statistics Consultant Inc. for his statistical assistance during the completion of this manuscript.
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Camillian Saint Mary’s Hospital Luodong, Yilan, TaiwanSaint Mary’s Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Yilan, 26546, TaiwanDivision of Nephrology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, TaiwanDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, TaiwanDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung,...