Hatano, Masaki
Yasunaga, Hideo
Ishikura, Hisatoshi
Tanaka, Takeyuki
Aso, Shotaro
Tanaka, Sakae
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (23AA2003, 22AA2003)
The University of Tokyo
Article History
Received: 1 April 2025
Accepted: 27 August 2025
First Online: 12 September 2025
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Tokyo [approval number: 3501-(5) (May 19th, 2021)]. The requirement for informed consent was waived as all data were de-identified.
: Not applicable.
: Hideo Yasunaga received support from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (23AA2003 and 22AA2003). The funders played neither a role in the design nor the conduction of the study. Collection, management, analysis, data interpretation, preparation, review, manuscript approval, or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication were not influenced by the acceptance of such grant. Masaki Hatano, Hisatoshi Ishikura, Takeyuki Tanaka,,Shotaro Aso, and Sakae Tanaka declare that they have no conflict of interest.