Hiroshimaya, Takatoshi
Iwai, Komei
Marutani, Marika
Azuma, Tetsuji
Yonenaga, Takatoshi
Tabata, Koichiro
Watanabe, Kazutoshi
Deguchi, Fumiko
Obora, Akihiro
Kojima, Takao
Tomofuji, Takaaki
Tamaki, Naofumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP24K13261)
Article History
Received: 30 July 2025
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 2 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Asahi University Ethics Committee (No. 27010 and 30018) and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written, informed consent. This cross-sectional study was conducted following the STROBE guideline.