About the Authors

Eiji Higashi

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

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Shoji Matsumoto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

shoji.neuro@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Comprehensive Strokology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Ichiro Nakahara

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Comprehensive Strokology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Taketo Hatano

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Akira Ishii

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Nobutake Sadamasa

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Koseikai Takeda Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Tsuyoshi Ohta

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Takuma Ishihara

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision

Affiliation Innovative and Clinical Research Promotion Center, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan

Keisuke Tokunaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Mitsushige Ando

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Japan

Hideo Chihara

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Konosuke Furuta

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Tetsuya Hashimoto

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Koji Tanaka

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazutaka Sonoda

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Fukuoka Saiseikai General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Junpei Koge

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Wataru Takita

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan

Takuro Hashikawa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, St. Mary’s Hospital, Kurume, Japan

Yusuke Funakoshi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Daisuke Kondo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Takahiko Kamata

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Atsushi Tsujimoto

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Japan Community Health Care Organization Kyushu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Takuya Matsushita

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroyuki Murai

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Neurology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan

Keitaro Matsuo

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Takanari Kitazono

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Junichi Kira

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.