Satoh, Tatsunori
Nakatani, Eiji
Ariyasu, Hiroyuki
Saito, Chihiro
Oshiro, Yuri
Ohata, Emi
Itoh, Hiroshi
Hayashi, Kaori
Usui, Takeshi
Article History
Received: 13 January 2025
Accepted: 24 September 2025
First Online: 30 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study protocol received approval from the ethics committee at Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health (#SGUPH2021_001_065 − 2), ensuring compliance with all applicable ethical standards. Furthermore, we adhered strictly to the guidelines and regulations approved for this research. Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the ethics committee at Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health (#SGUPH2021_001_065 − 2) waived the need of obtaining informed consent. Before our access, all patient data were thoroughly anonymized, ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of the subjects 1 .
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.