Sakurai, Mamoru
Sasaki, Junko
Suwanai, Hirotsugu
Shikuma, Jumpei
Ito, Rokuro
Odawara, Masato
Miwa, Takashi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-1314
Suzuki, Ryo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Project on Development of Agricultural Products and Foods with Health-Promoting Benefits (NARO), Japan (A-5)
Article History
Received: 23 March 2021
Accepted: 30 June 2021
First Online: 10 July 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships, which may be considered as potential competing interests: M Sakurai, J Sasaki, H Suwanai, J Shikuma, and T Miwa have no conflict of interest. R Ito received donation from Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. M Odawara received honoraria, subsidies, or donations from Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Sanofi K.K., MSD K.K., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Astellas Pharma Inc., AstraZeneca K.K., Kowa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., and Teijin Home Healthcare Ltd. R Suzuki received honoraria, subsidies, or donations from Novo Nordisk Pharma Ltd., Sanofi K.K., MSD K.K., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Novartis Pharma K.K., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of Tokyo Medical University with the number of T2020-0191. All the procedures followed were according to the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions.
: Informed consent or substitute for it was obtained from all the patients for being included in this study.