Yokoyama, Kazuki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9865-7200
Shimokihara, Suguru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-4479
Shimada, Kiyotaka https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9237-3866
Yama, Kosuke https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6939-6192
Kobayashi, Masayuki https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8951-0800
Miyajima, Ryo https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8362-6536
Itagaki, Machiko
Sakamoto, Yoshiko
Nagata, Rie
Ikeda, Nozomu https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7888-6010
Funding for this research was provided by:
JSPS KAKENHI (JP24K05415)
City of Sapporo (250009)
Article History
Received: 6 April 2026
Accepted: 13 July 2026
First Online: 16 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Sapporo Medical University Ethical Review Board (approval number 6-1-47). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants after they had read the written research information sheet. The participants’ anonymity was consistently preserved. This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.