Saito, Eiichiro
Oura, Atsushi
Kyo, Tetsuya
Ishigaki, Shun
Kamei, Hitomi
Nakamura, Yuki
Soma, Jun
Nakaya, Izaya http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0792-6514
Article History
Received: 5 January 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2024
First Online: 4 June 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital and conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: A written informed consent was not obtained from the patients because the ethical guidelines for epidemiological research in Japan do not require informed consent for a retrospective cohort study using only existing medical records.