About the Authors

Tomoki Kawahata

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kitaru Tanaka

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kyohei Oyama

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Jun Ueda

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Advanced Medical Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Kensaku Okamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Yuichi Makino

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

makino@asahikawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Center for Integrated Medical Education and Regional Symbiosis, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.