Kurita, Noriaki http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4127-7500
Kinoshita, Maki
Fujimura, Maki
Kurosawa, Kentaro
Sakuramachi, Yui
Takano, Kiyoko
Okamura, Shintaro
Kitatani, Mako
Tsujii, Satoru
Norton, Edward C.
Hayashino, Yasuaki
Ishii, Hitoshi
Kuwata, Hirohito
Tsujii, Satoru
Okamura, Shintaro
Hayashino, Yasuaki
Kitatani, Masako
Matsunaga, Satoshi
Kondo, Yaeko
Fujita, Naotaka
Ueda, Rei
Kurokawa, Rie
Tanaka, Masami
Mashitani, Tsuyoshi
Furuya, Miyuki
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25460641)
Article History
Received: 9 November 2020
Accepted: 7 February 2021
First Online: 1 March 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Drs. M. Kinoshita, MF, KK, YS, KT, SO, M. Kitatani, ST, NEC, and YH declare that they have no conflict of interest. Dr. Kurita has served as a senior scientist at the Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation research (iHope International, a non-profit organization), but he was not compensated for his contribution to this study. Denka Seiken Co. Ltd. contracted this study to iHope International.
: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Fukushima Medical University (approval no. 2966). The study has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants prior to their enrolment in the study.