Okamoto, Takuya
Matsumura, Koichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9089-3505
Hakozaki, Shohei
Yagi, Eijiro
Kakehi, Kazuyoshi
Yoshida, Ayano
Kawamura, Takayuki
Fujita, Kosuke
Ueno, Masafumi
Fujiwara, Kimiko
Takegami, Manabu
Nakazawa, Gaku
Article History
Received: 29 September 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Kindai University Hospital (no. R03-114) and conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained using the opt-out approach.
: All participants gave their consent for publication.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: All authors read and approved the final version and agree to be accountable for the work. K. Matsumura was the project administrator. K. Matsumura, T. Okamoto, G Nakazawa contributed to conceptualization. All coauthors contributed to the data curation of this study. Data analysis was led by T. Okamoto, S. Hakozaki, E. Yagi, K. Kakehi, A. Yoshida, T. Kawamura, K. Fujita, H. K. Matsumura, T. Okamoto, M. Ueno wrote the original draft. K. Fujiwara, M. Takegami contributed to the revision and approval of this manuscript.