1. Center for Advanced Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba University
2. Department of Clinical-Laboratory and Experimental-Research Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center
3. Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
4. Clinical Laboratory Program, Faculty of Science, Toho University
5. Center of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Toho University Sakura Medical Center
6. Department of Molecular Innovation in Lipidology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
7. Division of Neurology, Anti-Aging, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College
8. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
9. Division of Nephrology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
10. Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
11. Department of Endocrinology, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University
12. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
13. Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
14. Institute for Biological Functions, Chubu University
15. Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute