About the Authors
- Eiichiro Kanda
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Contributed equally to this work with: Eiichiro Kanda, Toshitaka Muneyuki, Kaname Suwa, Kei Nakajima
* E-mail: tokyo.kyosai.kanda@gmail.com
Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, Center for life science and bioethics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Toshitaka Muneyuki
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Contributed equally to this work with: Eiichiro Kanda, Toshitaka Muneyuki, Kaname Suwa, Kei Nakajima
Affiliations Saitama Citizens Medical Center, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, Department of Rehabilitation, Funabashi City Rehabilitation Hospital, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
- Kaname Suwa
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Contributed equally to this work with: Eiichiro Kanda, Toshitaka Muneyuki, Kaname Suwa, Kei Nakajima
Affiliation Saitama Health Promotion Corporation, Hikigun, Saitama, Japan
- Kei Nakajima
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Contributed equally to this work with: Eiichiro Kanda, Toshitaka Muneyuki, Kaname Suwa, Kei Nakajima
Affiliations Division of Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medical Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, Japan, Department of Metabolism, Kuki General Hospital, Kuki, Saitama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have no competing interests. Since 1997, Saitama Health Promotion Corporation, a public interest corporation, supported the health of individuals, including children and adolescents, living or working in Saitama prefecture, primarily by carrying out various types of medical checkups. Only KS was employed by Saitama Health Promotion Corporation. He had no competing interests in this study. The other authors, EK, TM, and KN, declare that they have no competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TM KS KN. Performed the experiments: TM KS KN. Analyzed the data: EK KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK TM KS KN. Wrote the paper: EK KN.