Tabara, Yasuharu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-7951
Shoji-Asahina, Aya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0917-2023
Ogawa, Aya
Sato, Yoko
Article History
Received: 28 November 2023
Revised: 7 May 2024
Accepted: 9 May 2024
First Online: 18 May 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health (SGUPH_2021_001). Approval was obtained from the review board of each municipality to use the health insurance data in a medical study. All personal information was anonymized by the Shizuoka Federation of National Health Insurance Organizations before releasing the dataset. Information about this study is available on the websites of the Shizuoka Prefectural Government Office and the Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health to ensure that study participants are able to opt out of inclusion in the dataset as an alternative to obtaining written informed consent from the study participants.