Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan. node@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.
• ² Department of Advanced Risk Stratification for Cardiovascular Diseases, Center for Disruptive Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Medicine II, Endocrinology and Hypertension, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
• ¹³ Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Cardiology, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Japan.
• ¹⁵ Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
• ¹⁶ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Japan.
• ¹⁷ School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
• ¹⁸ Hypertension Center, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
• ¹⁹ Department of Nutritional Science for Well-being, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Kashiwara, Japan.
• ²⁰ Department of Pharmacology, Kagawa University Medical School, Kagawa, Japan.
• ²¹ Division of Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.
• ²² Minami-Matsuyama Hospital, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
• ²³ Department of Medical Science and Cardio-Renal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
• ²⁴ Department of Medical Technology, Teikyo University Fukuoka, Omuta, Japan.
• ²⁵ Yatabe & Momii Law Office, Tokyo, Japan.
• ²⁶ Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Hypertension, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.