Komiya, Shinnosuke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-7809
Matsuo, Yoshiyuki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-4871
Nakagawa, So http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1760-3839
Morimoto, Yoshiharu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2834-2726
Kryukov, Kirill http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0286-0288
Okada, Hidetaka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7932-6999
Hirota, Kiichi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-0827
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP19K09339, JP17H07123)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 14 August 2021
Accepted: 14 February 2022
First Online: 25 March 2022
Declarations
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: The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki throughout the protocol, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. This study is a cross-sectional observational trial approved by the institutional review board of the medical corporation Sankeikai (Approval Number: 2019–38). After the approval, the study protocol was submitted to the UMIN-CTR clinical trial registry site (ExternalRef removed; trial registration number: UMIN000038032), which met the criteria of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.