Affiliation: | 1. Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto, Japan;2. Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan;3. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science;4. Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;5. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;7. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine at Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan;11. Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Chiba-East National Hospital, Chiba, Japan;12. Department of Nutrition, Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital, Sendai, Japan;8. Hotta Osamu Clinic, Sendai, Japan;1. Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Department of Surgery, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands;2. Cardiopulmonary Unit, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;3. Clinical Perfusion Service;4. Cardiac Surgery Unit San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy;5. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy |