Chang, Shun-Jen
Toyoda, Yu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-0531
Kawamura, Yusuke http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-1613
Nakamura, Takahiro
Nakatochi, Masahiro
Nakayama, Akiyoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6654-0726
Liao, Wei-Ting
Shimizu, Seiko
Takada, Tappei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3868-9320
Takeuchi, Kenji
Wakai, Kenji
Shi, Yongyong
Shinomiya, Nariyoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1497-487X
Chen, Chung-Jen
Li, Changgui
Okada, Yukinori
Ichida, Kimiyoshi
Matsuo, Hirotaka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4302-8719
,
Shirai, Yuya
Wakai, Kenji
Shimizu, Toru
Ooyama, Hiroshi
Ooyama, Keiko
Nagase, Mitsuo
Hidaka, Yuji
Nakashima, Hiroshi
Sakurai, Yutaka
Tsunoda, Masashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Defense of Japan
Kawano Masanori Memorial Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16H06279 (PAGS), 221S0002, 20H00566, 20K23152, 21H03350, 21KK0173, 16H06277 (CoBiA))
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H04128)
Ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (221S0001)
the Gout and Uric Acid Foundation of Japan
Article History
Received: 29 November 2021
Accepted: 21 December 2021
First Online: 15 January 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Data and sample collection for the cohorts participating in the present study were approved by the respective research ethics committees (National Defense Medical College; Nagoya University; National University of Kaohsiung). All the studies were performed according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All participants had provided their written informed consent.