1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University Hospital, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-Machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350‑0495, Japan. k_nomura@saitama-med.ac.jp.
2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University Hospital, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-Machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350‑0495, Japan.
3 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical University Hospital, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-Machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350‑0495, Japan.