About the Authors

Chikako Terano

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Current address: Department of Nephrology, Aichi Children’s Health and Medical Center, Oobu, Aichi, Japan

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Riku Hamada

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

riku_hamada@tmhp.jp

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Tatsuno

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Toho University Graduate School of Medicine, Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Chiba, Japan, Chiba Prefecture University of Health Science, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan

Yuko Hamasaki

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshinori Araki

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Nephrology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Hokkado, Japan

Yoshimitsu Gotoh

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Koichi Nakanishi

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Child Health and Welfare (Pediatrics), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, Japan

Hitoshi Nakazato

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Japan

Takeshi Matsuyama

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Fussa Hospital, Fussa, Tokyo, Japan

Kazumoto Iijima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children’s Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Norishige Yoshikawa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Takatsuki General Hospital, Takatsuki, Oosaka, Japan

Tetsuji Kaneko

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Teikyo Academic Research Center, Teikyo University, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shuichi Ito

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Masataka Honda

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Ishikura

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

on behalf of the Japanese Study Group of Renal Disease in Children

Competing Interests

RH received research funding from Teijin Pharma Ltd. and was a stockholder in Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co.. IT received research funding from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., and Sunny Health Co., Ltd. and lecture fees from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Novartis Pharma K.K.. KI received research funding from Zenyaku Kogyo Co. Ltd. and subsidies or donations from Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.. SI received research funding form Teijin Pharma, Ltd. and lecture fees from Sanofi K.K. and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. None of the research funding received by individual researchers mentioned in the Competing Interests statement are relate to this current study.