Asai, Yuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1933-8592
Arihara, Hiroki
Omote, Saki
Tanio, Ena
Yamashita, Saena
Higuchi, Takashi
Hashimoto, Ei
Yamada, Momoko
Tsuji, Hinako
Kondo, Yoshihiro
Hayashi, Makoto
Yamamoto, Yoshiaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K15331)
Article History
Received: 30 December 2022
Accepted: 20 February 2023
First Online: 6 March 2023
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Kanazawa Medical Center (approval ref. R03–069), Mie Chuo Medical Center (approval ref. MCERB-202129), and Nagoya Medical Center (approval ref. 2021–053). Owing to the retrospective case-control study design, consent was obtained from each patient using an opt-out document posted on the websites of the respective hospitals.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.