About the Authors

Seitetsu L. Lee

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Hashimoto

hidehashimoto-circ@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Health and Social Behavior, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takahide Kohro

Affiliation Department of Clinical Informatics, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Hiromasa Horiguchi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Data Management and Research, Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Koide

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Systems, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Issei Komuro

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyohide Fushimi

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Affiliation Clinical Research Support Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hideo Yasunaga

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLL H. Hashimoto HY. Analyzed the data: SLL H. Hashimoto HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY H. Horiguchi KF. Wrote the paper: SLL H. Hashimoto TK. Intellectual input and critical review/comments: DK IK TY HY.