Hirakawa, Kotaro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9302-7381
Kono, Yuji
Kamiya, Kentaro
Iida, Yuki
Saitoh, Masakazu
Taya, Masanobu
Takahashi, Tetsuya
Article History
Received: 24 September 2025
Revised: 26 November 2025
Accepted: 11 December 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interest. The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and publication of this article.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Juntendo University School of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan (Reference no. 19-005).
: Informed consent was obtained either through an opt-out procedure or written informed consent.