About the Authors

Kentaro Mochida

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

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Ichikawa Hospital, Chiba, Japan, International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Fumiaki Ishibashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

ishibashi-gast@iuhw.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Ichikawa Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Masamichi Yuzawa

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software

Affiliation Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Daisuke Suto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Tochigi, Japan

Toshihiro Nishizawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Yasunari Sakamoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, International University of Health and Welfare Atami Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

Mikinori Kataoka

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Esaki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Chika Kusano

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Takuji Gotoda

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kenichi Konda

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jun Arimoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Omori Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Ryu Tanaka

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Digestive Diseases Center, Shinjuku Tsurukame Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Kohei Yamanouchi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Takagi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Masao Okubo

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Sanno Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuma Fujimoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiro Kawakami

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Endoscopy Center, Koganei Tsurukame Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Mizuki Nagai

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Ichikawa Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Sho Suzuki

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Ichikawa Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

FI received honoraria for lectures from the Fujifilm Corporation. ME is a consultant for AI Medical Service, Inc. CK received honoraria for lectures from the Fujifilm Corporation and Olympus Corporation. TG received honoraria for lectures from the Fujifilm Corporation, Fujifilm Medical, and Olympus Corporation. SS received honoraria for lectures from the Fujifilm Corporation and Olympus Corporation. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.