Saigusa, Taro
Watanabe, Kentaro
Hada, Yurika
Ishii, Kota
Kameda, Wataru
Susa, Shinji
Ishizawa, Kenichi
Ishihara, Hisamitsu
Article History
Received: 4 September 2021
Accepted: 2 August 2022
First Online: 9 August 2022
Declarations
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: The study was designed in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study design was cross-sectional and employed a clinical database. This study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine (No. 2021–12) and Nihon University School of Medicine (No. RK-180911–10). The protocol of this study is available on the web page of the Ethics Committee. All potential study subjects were given the opportunity to opt out. The requirement for written informed consent was waived by the ethics committee of Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine and Nihon University School of Medicine due to the retrospective nature of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.