Asano, Kohta
Tachibana, Kae
Shinoda, Satoru
Nakamura, Takeshi
Article History
Received: 14 February 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 12 July 2025
Declarations
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: The present study was conducted in accordance with the recommendations of Yokohama City University Hospital and the guidelines stipulated in the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Ethical Committee for Life Sciences and Medical Research Involving Human Subjects of Yokohama City University Hospital (IRB approval code: F230400050).
: The present study had an observational design without planned interventions for the participants and implemented simplified consent procedures. Moreover, the study was conducted by disclosing information on the purpose and content of the research on our hospital official website (URL: ), providing the research subjects and other involved individuals with an opportunity to refuse study participation.
: The authors declare no competing interests.