1. Department of Medical Science and Cardio-Renal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (S.M., S.K., T.I., K.T.).
2. Chemotherapy Center, Yokohama City University Hospital, Japan (N.H.).
3. Department of Infectious Diseases, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (H.N.).
4. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Section of Heart Failure and Transplant, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City (A.B.).
5. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Japan (A.N.).
6. NCD Epidemiology Research Center (NERC), Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan (Y.Y.).