About the Authors
- Riichiro Suenaga
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Japanese Red Cross Yamaguchi Hospital, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Machi Suka
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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
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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
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Isao Sakaida
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Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Haku Ishida
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: 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.