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- Accepted for publication March 5, 2025
- Published online October 1, 2025.
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- Takanori Ichikawa1,
- Dai Kishida2,
- Yasuhiro Shimojima2,
- Nobuyuki Yajima3,
- Nao Oguro4,
- Ryusuke Yoshimi5,
- Natsuki Sakurai6,
- Chiharu Hidekawa7,
- Ken-ei Sada8,
- Yoshia Miyawaki9,
- Keigo Hayashi10,
- Kenta Shidahara9,
- Yuichi Ishikawa11,
- Yoshiki Sekijima2 and
- Noriaki Kurita12⇑
- 1T. Ichikawa, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, and Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima;
- 2D. Kishida, MD, PhD, Y. Shimojima, MD, PhD, Y. Sekijima, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano;
- 3N. Yajima, MD, PhD, MPH, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, and Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima;
- 4N. Oguro, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto;
- 5R. Yoshimi, MD, PhD, Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, and Clinical Laboratory Department, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa;
- 6N. Sakurai, MD, Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa;
- 7C. Hidekawa, MD, Department of Stem Cell and Immune Regulation, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, and Center for Rheumatic Disease, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa;
- 8K. Sada, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi;
- 9Y. Miyawaki, MD, PhD, MPH, K. Shidahara, MD, Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama;
- 10K. Hayashi, MD, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Center for Innovative Clinical Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Okayama;
- 11Y. Ishikawa, MD, MPH, The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Kawasaki, Kanagawa;
- 12N. Kurita, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Department of Innovative Research and Education for Clinicians and Trainees (DiRECT), Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan.
- Address correspondence to Dr. N. Kurita, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima City, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. Email: kuritanoriaki{at}gmail.com.







