About the Authors

Masaya Kato

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

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Onoyama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

ichirou@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Minoru Kawakami

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Sachiko Yoshida

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Keiko Kawamura

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Keisuke Kodama

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Emiko Hori

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Lin Cui

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yumiko Matsumura

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Yagi

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazuo Asanoma

Roles Resources, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hideaki Yahata

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Atsuo Itakura

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Satoru Takeda

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyoko Kato

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.