Chou, Ming-Yueh
Nishita, Yukiko
Nakagawa, Takeshi
Tange, Chikako
Tomida, Makiko
Shimokata, Hiroshi
Otsuka, Rei http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-570X
Chen, Liang-Kung
Arai, Hidenori
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT; 15K04106, MEXT; 16H03264)
Research Funding for Longevity Sciences from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan (29-42, 28-40)
Article History
Received: 12 February 2019
Accepted: 26 June 2019
First Online: 5 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Committee of Ethics of Human Research of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. All methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that Liang-Kung Chen is a member of the editorial board as Associated Editor of BMC Geriatrics.