About the Authors

Hyunsuk Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jung Nam An

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Dong Ki Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Myoung-Hee Kim

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

Ho Kim

Affiliations Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health & Asian Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Yong-Lim Kim

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

Ki Soo Park

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea

Yun Kyu Oh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Chun Soo Lim

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

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

CRC for ESRD Investigators

Membership of the Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease (CRC for ESRD) Investigators is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Affiliation Clinical Research Center for End Stage Renal Disease in Korea, Daegu, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Hyunsuk Kim JPL. Performed the experiments: YSK. Analyzed the data: Hyunsuk Kim JPL MK CSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JNA DKK YKO Ho Kim. Wrote the paper: Hyunsuk Kim YLK KSP.