Okawa, Yukari https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1704-6609
Mitsuhashi, Toshiharu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9940-0570
Suzuki, Etsuji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1290-5793
Article History
Received: 16 July 2024
Accepted: 17 November 2024
First Online: 6 December 2024
Declarations
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: Employment: Yukari Okawa (Zentsuji City). Toshiharu Mitsuhashi and Etsuji Suzuki: no competing interests to declare. This research is self-funded and received no specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
: We used data anonymized before receipt. The Ethics Committee of Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Okayama University Hospital approved this study (No. K1708-040). The Ethics committee waived the need for informed consent. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects.