About the Authors
- Mayumi Yoshihara
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Hiroshi Akasaka
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Hirofumi Ohnishi
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Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Takayuki Miki
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Tetsuaki Furukawa
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Satoshi Yuda
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Shigeyuki Saitoh
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Affiliation Department of Nursing, Sapporo Medical University School of Health Sciences, Sapporo, Japan
- Tetsuji Miura
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* E-mail: miura@sapmed.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HA HO T. Miura. Performed the experiments: MY HA HO TF SS. Analyzed the data: MY HA HO T. Miura. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA HO. Wrote the paper: MY HA HO T. Miki SY T. Miura.