Kinoshita, Tetsu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-4238
Maruyama, Koutatsu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7862-7693
Yamamoto, Naofumi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-3624
Saito, Isao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2521-9557
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kaneka Corporation (5822)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2019
Accepted: 14 February 2020
First Online: 11 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Tetsu Kinoshita (first author) is head of the Institute of Community Life Sciences Co., Ltd. This study received financial support from the Kaneka Corporation (Osaka, Japan) based on the contract agreement between Kaneka and the Institute of Community Life Sciences. Kaneka had no contribution to data analysis and interpretation. The other authors have no personal or financial conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Ehime University Hospital (authorization number: 1408029) and registered at the University Hospital Medical Information Network Center in Japan (UMIN number: 000029712). Written informed consent was obtained from the participants.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the Japanese ethical guidelines for medical and health research involving human subjects.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the participants.