Yamashiro, Kei https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-0792
Fukumoto, Hironori
Kobayashi, Hiromasa
Morishita, Takashi
Takemoto, Koichiro
Abe, Hiroshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Clinical Research Promotion Foundation
Article History
Received: 19 February 2025
Accepted: 12 November 2025
First Online: 26 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial interests to disclose. Dr. Kei Yamashiro is a member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, but had no involvement in the peer-review or editorial decision-making process for this manuscript.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan (approval number: U24-06-015).
: In the present study, the opt-out method was used to recruit participants.