About the Authors

Do Hyoung Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Myounghee Kim

Affiliations Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Eulji University, Seongnam, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Ho Kim

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Yong-Lim Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Shin-Wook Kang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Chul Woo Yang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Nam-Ho Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Yon Su Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Jung Pyo Lee

nephrolee@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHK JPL. Performed the experiments: YLK SWK CWY NHK YSK. Analyzed the data: MK HK. Wrote the paper: DHK YSK JPL.