Yamada, Tomohide http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-0459
Shojima, Nobuhiro
Hara, Kazuo
Noma, Hisashi
Yamauchi, Toshimasa
Kadowaki, Takashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan diabetes society (NA)
Banyu Life Science Foundation International (NA)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K20965)
Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology (NA)
Japan Association for Diabetes Education and Care (NA)
Japan Health Promotion Foundation (NA)
Article History
Accepted: 11 April 2017
First Online: 19 April 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: T. Yamada received grants from the Japan Diabetes Society, the Banyu Foundation (MSD Life Science Foundation), KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research), the Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology, the Japan Association for Diabetes Education and Care, and the Japan Health Promotion Foundation. We declare that these funds have not influenced this research.
: T. Yamada and N.S. conceived the study and were responsible for its design. T. Yamada, H.N., and N.S. were responsible for undertaking the data analysis and produced the tables and figures. T. Yamada, H.N., and N.S. provided input into the data analysis. The initial draft of the manuscript was prepared by T. Yamada and N.S., and then was circulated repeatedly among all authors for critical revision. T. Yamada was responsible for acquisition of the data and T. Yamada, N.S., K.H., T. Yamauchi, and T.K. contributed to interpretation of the results.
: The authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with this manuscript.