Okui, Tasuku
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP22K17372)
Article History
Received: 11 April 2025
Accepted: 13 August 2025
First Online: 1 October 2025
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This study was approved by the Kyushu University Institutional Review Board for Clinical Research (No. 22221). In addition, informed consent was not required because we used the official statistics data that were provided from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in Japan on the basis of the Statistics Act in Japan, and it was also waived by the ethics committee of Kyushu University.
: Not applicable.
: The author declares no competing interests.