[1] Yamagata Univ, Fac Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Yamagata 9909585, Japan
[2] Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hosp, Ctr Eye Res Australia, Melbourne, Vic 3002, Australia
[3] Univ Melbourne, St Vincents Hosp, Ctr Clin Res Excellence Diabet Res, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[4] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Med, EBM Res Ctr, Kyoto, Japan
[5] Kyoto Univ Hosp, Translat Res Ctr, Dept Clin Trial Design & Management, Kyoto 606, Japan
[6] Univ Tsukuba, Inst Clin Med, Dept Internal Med, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[7] Univ Tokyo, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat, Tokyo, Japan
[8] Inst Adult Dis Asahi Life Fdn, Tokyo, Japan