Tanaka, Atsushi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3352-7661
Shimabukuro, Michio
Teragawa, Hiroki
Okada, Yosuke
Takamura, Toshinari
Taguchi, Isao
Toyoda, Shigeru
Tomiyama, Hirofumi
Ueda, Shinichiro
Higashi, Yukihito
Node, Koichi
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company
Article History
Received: 18 June 2021
Accepted: 21 July 2021
First Online: 31 July 2021
Declarations
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: The ethical committees of the participating institutions approved the study protocol. Written, informed consent for participation in the study was obtained from all the subjects. This trial was performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, and its later amendments.
: All authors have read and approved the submission of the manuscript. The manuscript has not been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, in whole or in part, in any language. If the manuscript is accepted, we approve it for publication in Cardiovascular Diabetology.
: AT received honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and research funding from GlaxoSmithKline. MS received honorarium and an endowed chair from Boehringer Ingelheim. HirokT received lecture fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Kowa, Takeda, Mitsubishi Tanabe, and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusyo. YO received lecture fees from Astellas, AstraZeneca, MSD, Ono, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Kissei, Novartis, Kowa, and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho and research funds from Kowa and Mitsubishi Tanabe. TT received honoraria for lecturing from MSD, Sumitomo Dainippon, and Mitsubishi Tanabe, research funds from Kowa, Mitsubishi Tanabe, and Taisho, and scholarships from Astellas, Novo Nordisk, Ono, and Takeda. HirofT received research funding from Omron Health Care, Asahi Calpis Wellness, and Teijin. SU received research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Kowa, non-purpose research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai, MSD, Pfizer, and Takeda and lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and MSD. YH received consulting fees from Mitsubishi Tanabe related to this study, as well as honoraria and grants from Teijin, Boehringer Ingelheim, MSD, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Takeda, Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, Mochida, Nihon Kohden, Shionogi, Nippon Sigmax, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Unex, and Kao and honoraria from Radiometer, Omron, Sumitomo Dainippon, Otsuka, Torii, Kowa, Fujiyakuhin, Amgen, Nippon Shinyaku, Itamar, Bayer, Eli Lilly, and Ono. KN received research grants from Asahi Kasei, Astellas, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Teijin, and Terumo, scholarships from Astellas, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, Takeda, and Teijin and personal fees from Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, Eli Lilly, Kowa, Mitsubishi Tanabe, MSD, Novartis, Ono, Takeda, and Teijin. All other authors declare no competing interests.