Sugino, Kiminori https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9692-9871
Katoh, Ryohei
Yamazaki, Haruhiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-3529
Matsuzu, Kenichi
Kitagawa, Wataru
Tomoda, Chisato
Suzuki, Akifumi
Okamura, Ritsuko
Akaishi, Junko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9917-2456
Hames, Kiyomi Yamada
Masaki, Chie
Saito, Yoshiyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2462-6775
Yoshioka, Kana
Ito, Koichi
Article History
Received: 5 September 2025
Accepted: 6 December 2025
First Online: 21 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of Ito Hospital (approval number 450) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: The ethics review board waived the requirement for informed consent due to the nature of the retrospective cohort study