Ohta, Miki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-8868
Miyawaki, Satoru http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6369-3391
Yokota, Shinichiroh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-9846
Yoshimoto, Makoto
Maruyama, Tatsuya http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3169-0185
Koide, Daisuke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-0334
Moritoyo, Takashi
Saito, Nobuhito http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-781X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JP22K15335)
Article History
Accepted: 13 December 2023
First Online: 6 February 2024
Declarations
:
: MO, SM, SY, MY, TMa, DK, TMo, and NS declare that they have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose that might be relevant to the contents of this manuscript.
: This study was supported by MEXT KAKENHI (grant no. JP22K15335) and MHLW Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants (grant no. JPMH23KC1005).
: This study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of the University of Tokyo Hospital (approval date: 2 May 2022; approval number: 2021294NI).
: The Ethical Review Committee determined that individual-level consent was not required, as the subjects of this study have already died. The research methodology was published on the website of the Clinical Research Promotion Centre of the University of Tokyo Hospital, and the patient’s family could opt out at any time.
: Not applicable.
: Supplementary Tables are available online with this publication.
: MO developed the concept for this study, coordinated the data collection, performed the causality assessment of cases and the data analysis, and drafted the manuscript. SM conducted the causality assessment of cases and the data analysis. SY determined a method of extracting cases for analysis from the electronic medical record and performed the extraction. MY and TMo contributed to the interpretation of the analysis results and development of the discussion. DK contributed to the study design, determination of the analysis method, and interpretation of the analysis results. TMa and NS contributed to the study conception and design. All authors contributed to the article and approved the final manuscript.