Kakugawa, Tomoyuki
Doi, Keiko
Ohteru, Yuichi
Kakugawa, Hiroyuki
Oishi, Keiji
Kakugawa, Masahiro
Hirano, Tsunahiko
Mimura, Yusuke
Matsunaga, Kazuto
Article History
Received: 21 May 2023
Accepted: 28 July 2023
First Online: 17 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study protocol adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Yamaguchi University Hospital (Registration No. 2020–214). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians.
: All authors give their consent for publication.
: TK and KD are employees of the Department of Pulmonology and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan, which is funded by the Medical Corporation, WADOKAI. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.