Affiliation: | 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan Contributed equally;2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Otsu City Hospital, Shiga, Japan Contributed equally;3. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan;4. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan;5. Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Kanazawa Medical Center, Ishikawa, Japan;6. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan;7. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan;8. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan;9. Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Omuta Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan;10. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan;11. Division of Respiratory Medicine, Gunma Prefectural Cancer Center, Gunma, Japan;12. Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan;13. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyushu Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers, Fukuoka, Japan;14. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan;15. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yao Tokushukai General Hospital, Osaka, Japan;16. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan;17. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Shiga, Japan;18. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan;19. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan;20. Division of Respiratory Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan;21. Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan;22. Department of Biostatistics, Innovative Clinical Research Center, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan;23. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan |