Saito, Mizuki
Shimazaki, Yoshihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5555-3954
Yoshii, Saori
Kojima, Tetsuhito
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K16239, 22K10353)
Article History
Received: 24 December 2024
Accepted: 21 March 2025
First Online: 10 April 2025
Declarations
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: Written informed consent to use health examination data for research was obtained from all participants. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Aichi Gakuin University School of Dentistry approved the study design, data-collection methods, and the procedure for obtaining informed consent (approval number 618). The study was conducted strictly in accordance with the relevant provisions of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. This study was reported according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines for reporting observational studies.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.