Funding for this research was provided by:
Salt Science Research Foundation (2025D4)
Challenging Research Exploratory (23K17575)
Article History
Received: 6 February 2026
Accepted: 5 June 2026
First Online: 11 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kyoto Women’s University (Approval No. 2025-15). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.