Osman, Yasmine M.
Toda, Miyuki
Ogasawara, Ayako
Hirose, Naoki
Chen, Sanmei
Kawasaki, Hiromi
Shimpuku, Yoko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-7019
Funding for this research was provided by:
Public Health Research Foundation ((grant ID number: 231009))
Article History
Received: 30 January 2025
Accepted: 7 April 2025
First Online: 23 April 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures in this study adhered to the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee for Clinical Research (Life Science and Medical Research for Humans) of the Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan (C2022-0012) on December 21, 2022. This study was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN) Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN-CTR ID: (UMIN000050065) on January 19, 2023 (). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and the data were stored in a location that was locked using a key. Participants were informed that all the data collected would be used exclusively for research purposes only and that the women were free to withdraw from the study at any time.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.