Yamazaki, Haruhiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-3529
Kunisaki, Chikara
Sugimori, Makoto
Rino, Yasushi
Saito, Aya
Article History
Received: 11 January 2024
Accepted: 8 February 2024
First Online: 26 February 2024
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the Yokohama City University Certified Institutional Review Board (approval no. F230200068) and the review board of C-CAT (C-CAT Control Number: CDU2023-006N) and performed in line with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. As this was a retrospective cohort study, the need for informed consent was waived.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.