Ishioka, Yoshiko Lily
Gondo, Yasuyuki
Fuku, Noriyuki
Inagaki, Hiroki
Masui, Yukie
Takayama, Michiyo
Abe, Yukiko
Arai, Yasumichi
Hirose, Nobuyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labor for the Scientific Research Project for Longevity (84)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20590706, 21590775, 24590898, 15730346, 24653194)
Takeda Science Foundation
Japan Health Foundation for the Prevention of Chronic Disease and the Improvement of QOL of Patients
Chiyoda Mutual Life Foundation
Article History
Received: 25 September 2015
Accepted: 9 August 2016
First Online: 24 August 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
: For participation in any of the studies, written informed consent was obtained either from the participants or by proxy when individuals lacked the capacity to consent. TCS and JSS were approved by the Ethical Committee of the Keio University School of Medicine and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.