About the Authors

Kazuno Negishi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

kazunonegishi@keio.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sachiko Masui

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

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hidemasa Torii

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuyo Nishi

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Tsubota

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

KN received funding for research and honoraria for speaking or participation at meetings from Alcon Japan Ltd. HT received honoraria for speaking or participation at meetings from Alcon Japan Ltd. KT received research funding outside the submitted work and honoraria for speaking or participation at meetings from Alcon Japan Ltd. These do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.