Uchiyama, Kiyotaka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-1263
Kojima, Daiki
Hama, Eriko Yoshida
Nagasaka, Tomoki
Nakayama, Takashin
Takahashi, Rina
Tajima, Takaya
Morimoto, Kohkichi
Washida, Naoki
Itoh, Hiroshi
Article History
Accepted: 26 July 2022
First Online: 13 August 2022
Declarations
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: This research did not receive any specific grants from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
: Original data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Kiyotaka Uchiyama, Daiki Kojima, Eriko Yoshida Hama, Tomoki Nagasaka, Takashin Nakayama, Rina Takahashi, Takaya Tajima, Kohkichi Morimoto, Naoki Washida, and Hiroshi Itoh declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Keio University, School of Medicine (approval number: 20211114) and was performed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Due to the retrospective design of this study, informed consent for study participation was obtained in the form of an opt-out method on the website.
: Due to the retrospective design of this study, informed consent for publication of study findings was obtained in the form of an opt-out method on the website.
: KU designed the study and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript. KU, DK, EYH, TNag, TNak, RT, and TT contributed to data collection. KU, TNak, and KM contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data. NW and HI supervised the manuscript. All authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work as well as ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.