Appendix.
DAPC Study Participating Institutions and Investigators
| Investigator | Institution |
| Japan | |
| Goto T | Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Akita Hospital, Akita |
| Imano A | Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Kouseinenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan |
| Jinnouchi H | Department of Internal Medicine, Jinnouchi Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Kanazawa A | Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan |
| Kasayama S | Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
| Kosugi K | Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan |
| Matsuoka T | Kurashiki Life Style Disease Center, Okayama, Japan |
| Nakato T | Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Okayama, Japan |
| Ono T | Department of Diabetes and Endocrine, Iwaki Kyoritsu Hospital, Fukushima, Japan |
| Ota M | Department of Comprehensive Medical Care, Ota Nishinouchi Hospital, Fukushima |
| Seino H | Center of Diabetes, Ota Nishinouchi Hospital, Fukushima, Japan |
| Sumiya T | Department of Endocrine and Diabetes, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan |
| Yagi M | Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Belland General Hospital, Osaka, Japan |
| Yamasaki Y* | Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Internal Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
| Korea | |
| Chung MY | Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea |
| Kim YS* | Department of Internal Medicine, Kyunghee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| Lee HC | Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| Soon KH | Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea |
| Yoon KH | Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea |
| Philippines | |
| Ganzon MS | Department of Vascular Medicine, Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Manila, Philippines |
| China | |
| Guo X | Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China |
*Study director