About the Authors

Riichiro Suenaga

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Japanese Red Cross Yamaguchi Hospital, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan

Machi Suka

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiro Hirao

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan

Isao Hidaka

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Isao Sakaida

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Haku Ishida

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hishida@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics & Decision Sciences, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Competing Interests

Isao Hidaka received honoraria from AbbVie and Gilead and received research funding from AbbVie. Isao Sakaida received honoraria from Gilead and received research funding from AbbVie. These don’t alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.