About the Authors

Seiji Hashimoto

Contributed equally to this work with: Seiji Hashimoto, Tomochika Maoka, Tetsuya Kawata, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Takashi Shigematsu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

seijinih@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Tomochika Maoka

Contributed equally to this work with: Seiji Hashimoto, Tomochika Maoka, Tetsuya Kawata, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Takashi Shigematsu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NTT East Japan Sapporo Hospital Department of Nephrology, Chuou-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Tetsuya Kawata

Contributed equally to this work with: Seiji Hashimoto, Tomochika Maoka, Tetsuya Kawata, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Takashi Shigematsu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Internal Medicine II, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Toshio Mochizuki

Contributed equally to this work with: Seiji Hashimoto, Tomochika Maoka, Tetsuya Kawata, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Takashi Shigematsu

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Internal Medicine II, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Takao Koike

Contributed equally to this work with: Seiji Hashimoto, Tomochika Maoka, Tetsuya Kawata, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Takashi Shigematsu

Roles Supervision

Affiliation NTT East Japan Sapporo Hospital Department of Nephrology, Chuou-ku, Sapporo, Japan

Takashi Shigematsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Seiji Hashimoto, Tomochika Maoka, Tetsuya Kawata, Toshio Mochizuki, Takao Koike, Takashi Shigematsu

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.