Tasuku, Okui
Naoki, Nakashima
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP22K17372)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2023
Accepted: 21 May 2024
First Online: 28 May 2024
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This study was approved by the Kyushu University Institutional Review Board for Clinical Research (No. 22221-03). In addition, informed consent was not required because we used the data that were provided from the government on the basis of the Statistics Act in Japan, and it was waived by the ethics committee of Kyushu University.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.