About the Authors

Sadahiro Hijikata

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

hijikata.sadahiro@tmd.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Norihiko Inoue

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Informatics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Clinical Data Management and Research, Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Clinical Epidemiology (ICE), Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyohide Fushimi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Informatics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuo Sasano

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.