About the Authors

Minako Wakasugi

minakowa@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Center for Inter-organ Communication Research, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Junichiro James Kazama

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Ichiei Narita

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Kunitoshi Iseki

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Toshiki Moriyama

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Kunihiro Yamagata

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Shouichi Fujimoto

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Kazuhiko Tsuruya

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Koichi Asahi

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Tsuneo Konta

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Kenjiro Kimura

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Masahide Kondo

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Issei Kurahashi

Affiliation iAnalysis LLC, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuo Ohashi

Affiliation Department of Integrated Science and Engineering for Sustainable Society, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Affiliation Steering Committee for “Design of the comprehensive health care system for chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the individual risk assessment by Specific Health Checkups,” Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW IN. Performed the experiments: MW JJK IN. Analyzed the data: MW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MW. Contributed to drafting the manuscript: MW JJK IN. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MW JJK IN KI TM KY SF KT KA TK KK MK IK YO TW. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MW JJK IN KI TM KY SF KT KA TK KK MK IK YO TW.