Okada, Akira
Yamaguchi, Satoko
Jo, Taisuke
Yokota, Isao
Ono, Sachiko
Ikeda Kurakawa, Kayo
Nangaku, Masaomi
Yamauchi, Toshimasa
Kadowaki, Takashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (20K18957)
Article History
Received: 14 September 2022
Accepted: 28 November 2022
First Online: 9 December 2022
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board of The University of Tokyo approved this study (approval no. 2018030NI) and waived the requirement for informed consent because of the anonymous nature of the data. All procedures were performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable.
: A. Okada, S. Yamaguchi, K. Ikeda Kurakawa, and T. Kadowaki are members of the Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle-related Diseases, which is a cooperative program between The University of Tokyo and Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company. K. Ikeda Kurakawa was previously employed by Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company. T. Jo is a member of the Department of Health Services Research, which is a cooperative program between The University of Tokyo and Tsumura & Co. S. Ono is a member of the Department of Eat-loss Medicine, which is a cooperative program between The University of Tokyo and ITO EN Ltd. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article are reported. I. Yokota, M. Nangaku and T. Yamauchi have nothing to declare regarding potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article.