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