About the Authors

Nao Onodera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

nao.onodera77@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan, Central Clinical Analysis Division, Iwate Medical University Hospital, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Kazumasa Oura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Hiroshi Akasaka

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

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Naoki Ishizuka

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Tohru Fujiwara

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Central Clinical Analysis Division, Iwate Medical University Hospital, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Infection Disease, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Ryo Itabashi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Tetsuya Maeda

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Shiwa, Iwate, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Ryo Itabashi received honoraria for speaking fees from Daiichi Sankyo unrelated to this research. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Nao Onodera, Kazumasa Oura, Hiroshi Akasaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Tohru Fujiwara, and Tetsuya Maeda declare that they have no conflict of interest.