Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with Cardiovascular Complications – A National Population-Based Cohort Study

• Hsien-Yi Chiu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hsien-Yi Chiu, Hui-Ling Huang

  Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Hui-Ling Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hsien-Yi Chiu, Hui-Ling Huang

  Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Chien-Hsun Li,

  Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Hung-An Chen,

  Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Chia-Lun Yeh,

  Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Shih-Hsiang Chiu,

  Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Wei-Chun Lin,

  Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Yu-Pin Cheng,

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Tsen-Fang Tsai ,

  * E-mail: tftsai@yahoo.com (T-FT); syho@mail.nctu.edu.tw (S-YH)

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shinn-Ying Ho

  * E-mail: tftsai@yahoo.com (T-FT); syho@mail.nctu.edu.tw (S-YH)

  Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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