Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, (17015018)
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, (221S0001, 16H06277)
Article History
Received: 9 October 2018
Accepted: 16 January 2019
First Online: 12 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: After thoroughly explaining the study’s purpose and outline in an explanatory document, mailed beforehand, written informed consent was individually obtained from all participants by trained research nurses. Along with Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, our study was approved by the Ethics Committee of University of Shizuoka (No.22–39) and the collaborating health check-up centers.
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