About the Authors

Yusuke Takahashi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Kentaro Shirai

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Yuichi Ijiri

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Eri Morita

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Tomokazu Yoshida

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Shigeki Iwanaga

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Masatoshi Yanagida

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

Yanagida.Masatoshi@sysmex.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation, Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Japan

Competing Interests

Yusuke Takahashi, Kentaro Shirai, Yuichi Ijiri, Eri Morita, Tomokazu Yoshida, Shigeki Iwanaga, and Masatoshi Yanagida are employees of Sysmex Corporation. Sysmex Corporation has provided salaries for all authors. Sysmex Corporation has also played a role in research design, research funding, data collection and analysis, and publication decisions. The website of Sysmex Corporation is as follows: https://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/index.html This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.