About the Authors

Masaaki Nakayama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

masaaki.nakayama.c1@tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliations United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Advanced and Integrated Renal Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Research Division of Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Treatment, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Noritomo Itami

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration

Affiliation Kidney Center, Nikko-Memorial Hospital and Higashi Muroran Satellite Clinic, Muroran, Japan

Hodaka Suzuki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Horai-Higashi Clinic, Fukushima, Japan

Hiromi Hamada

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Kidney Center, Nikko-Memorial Hospital and Higashi Muroran Satellite Clinic, Muroran, Japan

Naoyuki Osaka

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Gumyoji-Jin Clinic, Yokohama, Japan

Ryo Yamamoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Tateishi-Jin Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Kazumasa Tsunoda

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Noboribetsu-memorial Hospital, Noboribetsu, Japan

Hirofumi Nakano

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Dialysis center, Kashima Hospital, Iwaki, Japan

Kimio Watanabe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Advanced and Integrated Renal Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Wan-Jun Zhu

Roles Data curation

Affiliations United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Advanced and Integrated Renal Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Research Division of Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Treatment, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Trim Medical Institute Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Yukio Maruyama

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Tokyo Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Terawaki

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Shigeru Kabayama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Advanced and Integrated Renal Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Trim Medical Institute Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Ryoichi Nakazawa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Tokatsu Clinic Mirai, Matsudo, Japan

Mariko Miyazaki

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Advanced and Integrated Renal Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Research Division of Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Treatment, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Division of Blood purification, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan

Sadayoshi Ito

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine, Center for Advanced and Integrated Renal Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Division of Blood purification, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

WJZ, SK are employees of Nihon Trim Co, Ltd. However, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.