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Author contributions

D.K. and M.O. were responsible for the conceptualization and design of the study and the data extraction. D.K.,

K.N., K.T., and S.M. were responsible for the data analyses. D.K. drafted the manuscript. K.N., M.O., Y.G., K.T.,

S.M. and N.M. analyzed and reviewed the draft analyses, critically. All the authors reviewed and approved the

final version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received a grant from Nagono Medical Foundation.

Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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