Nagai, Kei http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5050-5291
Ueda, Atsushi
Article History
Received: 27 August 2023
Accepted: 18 February 2024
First Online: 22 March 2024
Declarations
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: All the authors have declared no competing interests.
: The ethics committee at Hitachi General Hospital approved this study protocol (approval no. #2020–111), and waived the need to obtain informed consent from each subject based on the use of an opt-out format (ExternalRef removed). Trial registration: UMIN-CTR, UMIN000050421, Registered 24 Feb 2023–Retrospectively registered, ExternalRef removed.