1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital
3. Division of Community and Family Medicine, Jichi Medical University
4. Department of Health and Medical Innovation, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine
5. Department of Molecular Innovation in Lipidology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
6. Department of General Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine
7. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
8. Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University
9. Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine
10. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
11. Rinku General Medical Center
12. Department of Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
13. Department of General Internal Medicine, Kobe University Hospital
14. Division of Diabetology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women fs Medical University School of Medicine
15. Division of Neurology, Respirology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki
16. Department of Vascular Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine