About the Authors

Aya Wakabayashi

Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Wakabayashi, Takashi Ishiguro, Noboru Takayanagi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ayamewakame@yahoo.co.jp

Current address: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

Takashi Ishiguro

Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Wakabayashi, Takashi Ishiguro, Noboru Takayanagi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

Yotaro Takaku

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

Yosuke Miyahara

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Miyahara Clinic, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

Naho Kagiyama

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

Noboru Takayanagi

Contributed equally to this work with: Aya Wakabayashi, Takashi Ishiguro, Noboru Takayanagi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.