Tanaka, Atsushi
Imai, Takumi
Shimabukuro, Michio
Taguchi, Isao
Sezai, Akira
Toyoda, Shigeru
Watada, Hirotaka
Ako, Junya
Node, Koichi
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Article History
Received: 26 March 2022
Accepted: 1 August 2022
First Online: 8 August 2022
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 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 will approve it for publication in <i>Cardiovascular Diabetology</i>.
: AT received honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and research funding from GlaxoSmithKline and Takeda. TI received lecture fees from JCR Pharmaceuticals and Kyowa Kirin and outsourcing fees from Organization for Clinical Medicine Promotion. MS received honoraria from Mitsubishi Tanabe. ST received honoraria from Ono, Bayer, Novartis, Otsuka, Daiichi Sankyo, and AstraZeneca and research funding from Boston Scientific. HW has received honoraria for lectures from Mitsubishi Tanabe, Sumitomo Dainippon, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusyo, Takeda, Sanofi, Kowa, MSD, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Ono, Astellas, Kyowa Kirin, Terumo, Taisho, Abbott Japan, and Kissei and research grants from Mitsubishi Tanabe, Takeda, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim, Kissei, Novo Nordisk, Kyowa Kirin, Eli Lilly, Taisho, Astellas, Ono, Sanofi, MSD, Kowa, LifeScan Japan, Teijin, Daiichi Sankyo, Sumitomo Dainippon, and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusyo. JA received speaking honoraria from Mitsubishi Tanabe, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Astra Zeneca. KN has received honoraria from Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly Japan, Kowa, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Mochida, MSD, Novartis, Ono, Otsuka, Takeda, and Tsumura, research grants from Asahi Kasei, Astellas, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Fuji, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Mochida, Novartis, and Teijin and scholarship from Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo, Takeda, Teijin, and Japan Lifeline. All other authors declare no competing interests.