Article History
Received: 4 April 2024
Revised: 16 July 2024
Accepted: 28 August 2024
First Online: 19 September 2024
Declarations
: Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing: We did not utilize generative AI for writing scientific papers.
: Preprint sharing: We did not use preprints for our manuscript.
: Kenta Nomura, Michihiro Nakayama and Atsutaka Okizaki declare that they have no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the institutional review board of Asahikawa Medical University (no.23165) and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.