1. Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Chikushino, Fukuoka, Japan
2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
3. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
4. Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
5. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
6. Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
7. Department of Functional Imaging and Artificial Intelligence, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
8. Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
9. Division of Human Pathology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
10. Department of Cardiology, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
11. Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Chiba, Japan
12. Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
13. Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Novel, Non-invasive, and Nutritional Therapeutics (CNT) and Triglyceride Research Center (TGRC), Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan