About the Authors

Yoichiro Otaki

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Tetsu Watanabe

tewatana@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Satoshi Nishiyama

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Hiroki Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Takanori Arimoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Tetsuro Shishido

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Takuya Miyamoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Tsuneo Konta

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Yoko Shibata

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Hidenori Sato

Affiliation Genome Informatics Unit, Institute for Promotion of Medical Science Research, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan

Ryo Kawasaki

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan

Makoto Daimon

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan

Yoshiyuki Ueno

Affiliation Global Center of Excellence Program Study Group, Yamagata University School of Medicine; Yamagata, Japan

Takeo Kato

Affiliation Global Center of Excellence Program Study Group, Yamagata University School of Medicine; Yamagata, Japan

Takamasa Kayama

Affiliation Global Center of Excellence Program Study Group, Yamagata University School of Medicine; Yamagata, Japan

Isao Kubota

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YO TW. Data curation: YU T. Kato T. Kayama IK. Formal analysis: YO TW YS T. Konta HS RK. Funding acquisition: YU T. Kato T. Kayama IK. Investigation: YO TW MD. Methodology: YO TW HS RK MD. Project administration: YU T. Kato T. Kayama IK. Resources: MD YU T. Kato T. Kayama IK. Supervision: TW. Validation: YU T. Kato T. Kayama IK. Visualization: YO. Writing – original draft: YO TW HS RK. Writing – review & editing: SN HT TA TS TM.