About the Authors

Kota Yamada

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

Affiliations Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Akiyo Tanabe

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

akiyotana@kb4.so-net.ne.jp

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Makiko Hashimoto

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Examination Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Ohsugi

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Diabetes and Metabolism Information Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kohjiro Ueki

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Kajio

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare that this study was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as potential conflicts of interest.