About the Authors

Tadahisa Inoue

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tinoue-tag@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

Hiromu Kutsumi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Clinical Research and Advance Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Mayu Ibusuki

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

Masashi Yoneda

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

Tadahisa Inoue received honoraria from Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. The other authors have no financial relationships to disclose relevant to this publication. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.