¹Division of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan

²Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

³Department of General Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan.

⁴Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

⁵Division of Gastroenterology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga University, Saga, Japan

⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan.

⁸Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

⁹Department of Gastroenterology, JA Hiroshima Kouseiren General Hospital, Japan

^{10Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan}

¹¹Department of Gastroenterology, Suita City Hospital, Osaka, Japan

¹²Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

¹³Department of Molecular Biochemistry & Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

¹⁴Hepatology Center, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Japan

*Corresponding author:Yoshio Sumida, Division of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan