Beppo, Ruriha
Ohashi, Yuki
Yamamoto, Ken
Kinoshita, Fumie
Kato, Tomoko S.
Katsuno, Masahisa
Matsubara, Tatsuaki
Yokota, Mitsuhiro
Ichihara, Sahoko
Nakatochi, Masahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Researc (21H03206, 23K24608, 21H03206, 21H03206, 21H03206, 21H03206, 21H03206)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Researc (20K10514, 20K10514, 20K10514)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP21wm0425013, JP24wm0625301)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (22H04923)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2025
Accepted: 31 July 2025
First Online: 14 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and its protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Jichi Medical University (approval #23–097) and Nagoya University, School of Medicine (approval #2020-0047). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants at the beginning of the KING study, and participants could discontinue participation at any point during the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.