Kato, Kazuhiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9197-9434
Nakashima, Akio
Ohkido, Ichiro
Kasai, Kenji
Yokoo, Takashi
Article History
Received: 31 March 2022
Accepted: 14 August 2023
First Online: 22 August 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee at which the studies were conducted (Institutional Review Board of the Fuji City General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan; Approval No.: 244) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. As this was a retrospective cross-sectional study, and we provided patients with information regarding the study design and gave them the opportunity to opt out, the requirement for informed consent was waived.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.