Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP21lk0201702)
Article History
Received: 30 November 2022
Accepted: 19 October 2023
First Online: 30 October 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Kyoto University Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University Hospital Ethics Committee in November 2018 (R1793). Based on Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects, the need for informed consent from individual patients was waived by the Kyoto University Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University Hospital Ethics Committee. The use of extracted data for this study from the database system for MID-NET<sup>®</sup>-collaborative organizations of Tokushukai Medical Group was approved by the administrative board of General Incorporated Association Tokushukai, which is the data holder. The data used in this study were anonymized before their use (refer to the previous study by Yamaguchi et al. [CitationRef removed] for details of the data anonymization).
: Not applicable.
: Maki Komamine is employed by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency and has no financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the contents of this paper. Other authors have no financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias the contents of this paper.