About the Authors

Kazuya Tateishi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Atsushi Nakagomi

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

Yuichi Saito

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Hideki Kitahara

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Masato Kanda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Yuki Shiko

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Biostatistics Section, Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Yohei Kawasaki

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Biostatistics Section, Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Hiroyo Kuwabara

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Healthcare Management Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Yoshio Kobayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Takahiro Inoue

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

ifa8p8p@nifty.com

Affiliation Healthcare Management Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.