About the Authors

Sho Sasaki

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Health, Kyoto, JAPAN, Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JAPAN, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, JAPAN

Takeshi Hasegawa

tahasegawa-npr@umin.net

Affiliations Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JAPAN, Office for Promoting Medical Research, Showa University, Tokyo, JAPAN, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, JAPAN

Hiroo Kawarazaki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inagi Municipal Hospital, Inagi, JAPAN

Atsushi Nomura

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPAN, Department of Nephrology, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, JAPAN

Daisuke Uchida

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inagi Municipal Hospital, Inagi, JAPAN, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Kawasaki, JAPAN

Takahiro Imaizumi

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Toyohashi Municipal Hospital, Toyohashi, JAPAN, Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, JAPAN

Masahide Furusho

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, JAPAN

Hiroki Nishiwaki

Affiliations Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JAPAN, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, JAPAN

Shingo Fukuma

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Health, Kyoto, JAPAN, Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JAPAN

Yugo Shibagaki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, JAPAN

Shunichi Fukuhara

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Health, Kyoto, JAPAN, Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, JAPAN

on behalf of Japanese investigatOrs with Innovative Network for Kidney Disease: JOINT-KD

Membership of the JOINT-KD is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SS TH HK YS S. Fukuma. Data curation: SS HK AN DU TI MF HN. Formal analysis: SS TH S. Fukuma. Funding acquisition: SS. Investigation: SS TH HK S Fukuma YS S. Fukuhara. Methodology: SS TH HK YS S. Fukuma. Project administration: SS TH. Resources: SS HK AN DU TI MF HN. Software: SS S. Fukuma. Supervision: SS TH HK S. Fukuma YS S. Fukuhara. Validation: SS TH. Visualization: SS TH HK HN S. Fukuma YS. Writing – original draft: SS TH. Writing – review & editing: SS TH HK S. Fukuma YS.