About the Authors

Chie Taniguchi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

c-taniguchi@aichi-med-u.ac.jp

Affiliations College of Nursing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute-city, Aichi, Japan, Department of Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

Hideo Saka

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Hashima-gun, Gifu, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

Isao Oze

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Department of Preventive Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

Sumie Nakamura

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan

Yasuhiro Nozaki

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya-city, Aichi, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokoname Municipal Hospital, Tokoname-city, Aichi, Japan

Hideo Tanaka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fujiidera Public Health Center of Osaka Prefecture, Fujidera-city, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.