Affiliation: | 1 Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan;2 Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan;3 Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan;4 Division of Biostatistics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan;5 Division of Nephrology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan;6 Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan |