From the ∗Department of Endocrinology, Hematology, and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

†Department of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.

Received for publication December 21, 2023; revision accepted January 8, 2024.

Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: The authors have declared no conflicts of interest. This research did not receive any specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sector.

Correspondence to: Sawako Suzuki, PhD, MD, Department of Endocrinology, Hematology, and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. E-mail: [email protected].

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