Takeuchi, Takeaki
Hashimoto, Kazuaki
Ihara, Kazushige
Obuchi, Shuichi
Hirano, Hirohiko
Fujiwara, Yoshinori
Kawai, Hisashi
Sasai, Hiroyuki
Hashizume, Masahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
Article History
Received: 24 June 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (approval code: R22-034, 2022). All participants provided written informed consent prior to participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.