Article History
Received: 14 August 2024
Accepted: 15 December 2024
First Online: 30 December 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of Kanazawa Medical University (No. I-729) and adhered to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. Consent was obtained to analyze the data that had been prospectively collected by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The requirement for obtaining written informed consent was waived as the data analyzed in this study were anonymized and secondary.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. This study did not receive grants from public, commercial, or not-for-profit funding agencies other than the Koizumi-Ikuei Organization Fund.