About the Authors

Koji Tanaka

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

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

Shoji Matsumoto

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

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

Gulibahaer Ainiding

Roles Data curation

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

Ichiro Nakahara

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

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

Hidehisa Nishi

Roles Data curation

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

Tetsuya Hashimoto

Roles Data curation

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

Tsuyoshi Ohta

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

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

Nobutake Sadamasa

Roles Data curation

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

Ryota Ishibashi

Roles Data curation

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

Masanori Gomi

Roles Data curation

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

Makoto Saka

Roles Data curation

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

Haruka Miyata

Roles Data curation

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

Sadayoshi Watanabe

Roles Data curation

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

Takuya Okata

Roles Data curation

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

Kazutaka Sonoda

Roles Data curation

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

Junpei Koge

Roles Data curation

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

Kyoko M. Iinuma

Roles Data curation, Methodology

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

Konosuke Furuta

Roles Data curation

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

Izumi Nagata

Roles Data curation

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

Keitaro Matsuo

Roles Data curation

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

Takuya Matsushita

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Noriko Isobe

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Ryo Yamasaki

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Jun-ichi Kira

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

kira@neuro.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Current address: Translational Neuroscience Center, Graduate School of Medicine, and School of Pharmacy at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, Okawa, Japan; Department of Neurology, Brain and Nerve Center, Fukuoka Central Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.