About the Authors

Naoki Watanabe

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

watanabe.naoki.4@kameda.jp

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Tomohisa Watari

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan

Yoshihito Otsuka

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan

Masahiko Ito

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sapporo Clinical Laboratory Inc., Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kazufumi Yamagata

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Miyuki Fujioka

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.