Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP21K08918)
Article History
Received: 15 February 2024
Accepted: 27 June 2024
First Online: 11 July 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: This retrospective, cross-sectional study was approved by the ethics committee of Toyama University Hospital (Approval No. R2022221). The requirement for written informed consent was waived because of the retrospective nature of the study. Instead, opt-out consent documents were presented on our hospital website for patients who did not wish to participate.