Ohori, Katsuhiko
Yano, Toshiyuki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9655-3985
Katano, Satoshi
Nagaoka, Ryohei
Numazawa, Ryo
Yamano, Kotaro
Fujisawa, Yusuke
Kouzu, Hidemichi
Koyama, Masayuki
Nagano, Nobutaka
Fujito, Takefumi
Nishikawa, Ryo
Ohwada, Wataru
Furuhashi, Masato
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18K17677, 22K11288)
Article History
Accepted: 3 May 2023
First Online: 16 June 2023
Declarations
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: Katsuhiko Ohori, Toshiyuki Yano, Satoshi Katano, Ryohei Nagaoka, Ryo Numazawa, Kotaro Yamano, Yusuke Fujisawa, Hidemichi Kouzu, Masayuki Koyama, Nobutaka Nagano, Takefumi Fujito, Ryo Nishikawa, Wataru Ohwada, and Masato Furuhashi declare they have no conflicts of interest.
: This study was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Katano S) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (grant numbers JP18K17677 and 22K11288), Tokyo, Japan. The funding body played no role in the design of the study; the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; or writing of the manuscript.
: This study was conducted in strict adherence to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Clinical Investigation Ethics Committee of Sapporo Medical University Hospital (Number 302-104).
: Given the retrospective and anonymized nature of this study, the Clinical Investigation Ethics Committee of Sapporo Medical University Hospital waived the need for informed consent from the patients who participated in this study from November 1, 2015 to April 10, 2019. An opt-out option on our website allowed patients to decline the inclusion of their data in this study. In addition, informed consent was obtained from patients who participated in this study from April 11, 2019 to April 30, 2022.
: All authors provide this content.
: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available because a research agreement from all authors is required for data sharing, but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
: All authors have read and approved the manuscript. In addition, we confirm that all listed authors meet the authorship criteria and that all authors are in agreement with the content of this manuscript. KO, TY, and SK designed the study. KO, TY, SK, RNa, RNu, KY, YF, HK, MK, NN, TF, RNi, and WO collected the patients’ data. KO, TY, SK, and MF analyzed and discussed the data. KO, TY and SK performed the statistical analyses. KO, TY, and MF drafted the manuscript.