About the Authors

Yukio Maruyama

maruyama@td5.so-net.ne.jp

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

Keitaro Yokoyama

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

Takashi Yokoo

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

Takashi Shigematsu

Affiliation Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan

Kunitoshi Iseki

Affiliation Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiharu Tsubakihara

Affiliation Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM KY TY TS KI YT. Performed the experiments: YM. Analyzed the data: YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM. Wrote the paper: YM.