Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan (Dr Kobayashi); Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan (Dr Kobayashi); Department of Epidemiology, St Luke's International University Graduate School of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan (Dr Takahashi); McCann Healthcare Worldwide Japan, Tokyo, Japan (Dr Hayashi); and Department of Medicine, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Koriyama, Japan (Dr Shimbo).
Correspondence: Daiki Kobayashi, MD, MPH, MBA, PhD, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, 3-20-1, Chuo, Amimachi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki, Japan ([email protected]).
This study was supported by the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation and St Luke's Life Science Institute (grant number: 20th anniversary-07).
Details of trial registration are as follows. The name of the registry: UMIN-CTR. The trial number: UMIN000017146. The trial URL: https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000019887
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