Nagasaki, Kazuya
Nishizaki, Yuji
Shinozaki, Tomohiro
Shimizu, Taro
Yamamoto, Yu
Shikino, Kiyoshi
Fukui, Sho
Nishiguchi, Sho
Kurihara, Masaru
Kataoka, Koshi
Tokuda, Yasuharu
Kobayashi, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (21A2004)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2022
Accepted: 15 June 2022
First Online: 23 June 2022
Competing interests
: This work was supported by the Health, Labour, and Welfare Policy Grants of Research on Region Medical (21A2004) from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Dr. Nishizaki received an honorarium from JAMEP as GM-ITE project manager. Dr. Shinozaki received an honorarium from JAMEP as full-time research and statistical adviser. Dr. Tokuda is the JAMEP director. Dr. Kobayashi and Dr. Shikino received an honorarium from JAMEP as speakers of the JAMEP lecture. Dr. Shimizu, Dr. Yamamoto, Dr. Shikino, and Dr. Fukui received an honorarium from JAMEP as exam preparers of GM-ITE. Dr. Nishizaki, Dr. Shinozaki, Dr. Tokuda, Dr. Kobayashi, Dr. Shimizu, Dr. Yamamoto, Dr. Shikino, and Dr. Fukui were not involved in this analysis.