Yamakuni, Ryo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0265-5636
Abe, Mitsunari
Ukon, Naoyuki
Matsuda, Hiroshi
Takano, Harumasa
Sawamoto, Nobukatsu
Shima, Atsushi
Mori, Yuhei
Sekino, Hirofumi
Ishii, Shiro
Fukushima, Kenji
Mizuno, Toshiki
Narumoto, Jin
Hanakawa, Takashi
Ito, Hiroshi
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (18dm0307003h0001)
Article History
Received: 26 December 2024
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 26 April 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose.
: This cross-sectional retrospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. The requirement for written informed consent was waived due to data anonymization and the study’s retrospective nature. Opt-out methods for participants were provided by publishing a study summary on institutional websites.
: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Fukushima Medical University (file number: REC2023-137, RK2019-004). This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments.