About the Authors

Mitsue Yamaguchi

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

Kazuhiko Kotani

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-Tochigi, Japan, Division of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Research Institute for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Kokoro Tsuzaki

Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Research Institute for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Ayaka Takagi

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

Naoko Motokubota

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

Naho Komai

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

Naoki Sakane

Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Research Institute for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, National Hospital Organization, Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Toshio Moritani

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Physiology, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Narumi Nagai

nagai@shse.u-hyogo.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN. Performed the experiments: MY AT NK NN. Analyzed the data: MY NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT NS TM. Wrote the paper: MY KK NN. Obtained funding: NN.