About the Authors

Sho Hosokawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Technology, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ehime, Japan

Kenichi Shukuya

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Technology and Sciences, School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan

Keisuke Sogabe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kaneka Techno Research Corporation, Hyogo, Japan

Yasukazu Ejima

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kaneka Corporation, Vinyls and Chlor-Alkali Solutions Vehicle, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuya Morinishi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Technology, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kagawa, Japan

Eiichiro Hirakawa

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Technology, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kagawa, Japan

Hiroyuki Ohsaki

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan

Tatsuo Shimosawa

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan

Yasunori Tokuhara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

ytokuhara@epu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Technology, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ehime, Japan

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by Kaneka Corporation, Japan. Y. Ejima and K. Sogabe have an employment position to disclose. Y. Ejima is the Assistant Manager of Kaneka Corporation, which paid measurement expenses (LC/TOF-MS) to Kaneka Techno Research Corporation. K. Sogabe is the General Manager of Kaneka Techno Research Corporation. Y.T. - This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP19K16957. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.