Koshimoto, Saori http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6784-8706
Arimoto, Masako
Saitou, Keiko
Uchibori, Mayumi
Hashizume, Akiko
Honda, Akiko
Amano, Koji
Nakajima, Yasuaki
Uetake, Hiroyuki
Matsushima, Eisuke
Funding for this research was provided by:
Scientific grants in-aid from the Nestle Nutritional Council, Japan to the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2566)
Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation (2679, 2017A-017)
Article History
Received: 9 August 2018
Accepted: 27 December 2018
First Online: 14 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The lead author affirms that this manuscript is an honest, accurate and transparent account of the study being reported. The reporting of this work is compliant with STROBE guidelines.
: The authors report grants from Nestle Nutritional Council, Japan, and grants from Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation, Japan, during the conduct of the study. There are no other conflict of interest to declare.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Medical School Ethics Committee, and was conducted after written informed consent was obtained from the participants (Ethical Review No. M2015-578). Clinical trial registration (UMIN registration number UMIN000021540) was carried out prior to the start of the study.