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Article History

Received: 13 May 2022

Accepted: 10 April 2023

First Online: 14 April 2023

Declarations

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: The study used data in an anonymized structured format and without personal information. The Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects set by the Japanese government does not require informed consent and ethical approval to conduct studies exclusively using unlinkable anonymized data. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.MinaCare Co., Ltd. granted the permission to access the raw data used in this study based on a data use agreement. No administrative permissions were required to access the raw data used in our study.

: Not applicable.

: S.H. and Y.K. are full-time employees of Viatris Pharmaceuticals Japan, Inc. K.N. has received a research grant from Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo, Japan). K.O. has no conflict of interest to declare.