About the Authors

Yukiko Matsubara

Contributed equally to this work with: Yukiko Matsubara, Miho Kimachi

Affiliation Department of Artificial Organs, Akane-Foundation Omachi Tsuchiya Clinic, and Hiroshima Medical University, Hiroshima, Japan

Miho Kimachi

Contributed equally to this work with: Yukiko Matsubara, Miho Kimachi

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan

Shingo Fukuma

fukuma.shingo.3m@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan, Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Yoshihiro Onishi

Affiliation Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan

Shunichi Fukuhara

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

Shingo Fukuma has acted as a scientific advisor to Kyowa Hakko Kirin. Shunichi Fukuhara has acted as both a scientific advisor to, and received grants from Kyowa Hakko Kirin. Other authors have no potential competing interests to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YM MK SFukuma YO SFukuhara. Data curation: MK SFukuma YO. Formal analysis: MK SFukuma YO. Investigation: YM MK SFukuma YO. Methodology: YM MK SFukuma YO SFukuhara. Project administration: YM MK SFukuma YO SFukuhara. Resources: YM MK SFukuma YO SFukuhara. Software: MK SFukuma. Supervision: SFukuma SFukuhara. Validation: YM MK SFukuma. Visualization: YM MK SFukuma. Writing – original draft: YM MK SFukuma. Writing – review & editing: YM MK SFukuma YO SFukuhara.