Nakayama, Shohei https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3577-9604
Fukumoto, Yoshihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0516-770X
Taniguchi, Masashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0548-0210
Asai, Tsuyoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-949X
Wakida, Masanori https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6582-2203
Miki, Emi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3681-4658
Nakao, Sayaka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5714-0336
Fukushima, Takuya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7075-9264
Kouda, Katsuyasu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0203-4824
Ikezoe, Tome https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-5912
Article History
Received: 28 August 2024
Accepted: 19 November 2024
First Online: 15 January 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Kansai Medical University (ID: 2020107) and was conducted with due consideration to the handling of personal information. The study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki (revised in October 2013) and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Notification No. 3 of 2014). All participants were informed about the aim and procedures in the study; all participants provided written informed consent before participation.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants for being included in this study.