Kakugawa, Tomoyuki
Mimura, Yusuke
Mimura-Kimura, Yuka
Doi, Keiko
Ohteru, Yuichi
Kakugawa, Hiroyuki
Oishi, Keiji
Kakugawa, Masahiro
Hirano, Tsunahiko
Matsunaga, Kazuto
Article History
Received: 5 March 2024
Accepted: 5 June 2024
First Online: 22 June 2024
Declarations
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: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians. 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). This prospective longitudinal study was registered in the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN Trial ID: UMIN000043558).
: Not applicable
: TK and KD are employees of the Department of Pulmonology and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan, funded by the Medical Corporation WADOKAI. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.