Sato, Ryota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3418-2987
Kudo, Kohsuke
Udo, Niki
Matsushima, Masaaki
Yabe, Ichiro
Yamaguchi, Akinori
Tha, Khin Khin
Sasaki, Makoto
Harada, Masafumi
Matsukawa, Noriyuki
Amemiya, Tomoki
Kawata, Yasuo
Bito, Yoshitaka
Ochi, Hisaaki
Shirai, Toru
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP18he1402002)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2021
Revised: 25 November 2021
Accepted: 14 December 2021
First Online: 8 February 2022
Declarations
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Kohsuke Kudo.
: Ryota Sato, Tomoki Amemiya, Yasuo Kawata, Yoshitaka Bito, Hisaaki Ochi, and Toru Shirai are employees of FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation. Kohsuke Kudo, Makoto Sasaki, and Masafumi Harada receive research funding from FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects in the prospective cohort.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective and retrospective• cross-sectional study, observational• multicenter study