Extreme Levels of HbA1c Increase Incident ESRD Risk in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Competing Risk Analysis in National Cohort of Taiwan Diabetes Study

• Li-Na Liao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Na Liao, Chia-Ing Li

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Ing Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Na Liao, Chia-Ing Li

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chiu-Shong Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chiu-Ching Huang,

  Affiliations School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Kidney Institute and Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wen-Yuan Lin,

  Affiliations School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Jen-Huai Chiang,

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Research Center for Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Chieh Lin ,

  * E-mail: cclin@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CCL); tcli@mail.cmu.edu.tw (TCL)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Tsai-Chung Li

  * E-mail: cclin@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CCL); tcli@mail.cmu.edu.tw (TCL)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

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