About the Authors

Takako Takayama

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

Affiliation Tsukuba Preventive Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan

Hideo Suzuki

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

hideoszk@md.tsukuba.ac.jp

Affiliations Tsukuba Preventive Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan, The Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Kosuke Okada

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tsukuba Preventive Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan

Takeshi Yamada

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Kazushi Maruo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Yoko Saito

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ibarakiken Medical Center, Mito, Japan

Yuji Mizokami

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.