Iwase, Aiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5950-4260
Tsutsumi, Tae
Kawasaki, Ryo
Suehiro, Jun
Sekine, Akihiko
Araie, Makoto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (Scientific Research (C) 17591845)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Ministry of Health, Labourand Welfare of Japan (H18-Sensory-General-001)
funds from the Japan National Society forthe Prevention of Blindness, Tokyo
Article History
Received: 16 December 2021
Accepted: 29 April 2022
First Online: 12 May 2022
Declarations
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: The Kumejima study was conducted from May 2005 through August 2006. The investigation followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and the municipal law of Kumejima Town for protecting private information. The ethics board of the regional council and the ethics committee of Kumejima Town, Okinawa, Japan, approved the study. All participants provided written informed consent before being enrolled in the study.
: Not Applicable.
: AI and MA are one of the inventors of a patent for the fundus image analyzer for other software of Topcon without any royalties, RK received a grant from Topcon for other study and MA received consulting fees from Topcon. AS and JS are employees of Topcon. TT declare that she has no competing interest. None of the work described in the paper has been published elsewhere.