1. Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2. Department of Neurology, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Nishikyo, Kyoto, Japan
3. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Fukuoka University Faculty of Medicine, Jyonan, Fukuoka, Japan
4. Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuzumi Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
5. Department of Stroke Medicine, Institute of Brain and Blood Vessel, Mihara Memorial Hospital, Isesaki, Gunnma, Japan
6. Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyu General Hospital, Hanyu, Saitama, Japan
7. Department of Neurosurgery, Nakamura Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
8. General of the Hospital, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
9. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Nakagamigunn, Okinawa, Japan
10. Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
11. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Nakagamigunn, Okinawa, Japan
12. Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
13. Department of Environmental Health, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Nakagamigunn, Okinawa, Japan
14. Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center Clinical Research Institute, Chuo, Fukuoka, Japan
15. Minami-Matsuyama Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
16. Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan
17. Cardio-renal and Health Research Institute, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
18. Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
19. Sakai City Medical Center, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
20. Japan Health Care College, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
21. Department of Nephrology Endocrinology and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
22. Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
23. Shin-Oyama City Hospital, Oyama, Tochigi, Japan