Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemodialysis Patients: A Cohort Study of the Large National Dialysis Registry

• Masahiko Yazawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiko Yazawa, Ryo Kido, Takeshi Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Yugo Shibagaki

  * E-mail: masahikoyazawa@gmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Ryo Kido ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiko Yazawa, Ryo Kido, Takeshi Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Yugo Shibagaki

  Current address: Inagi Municipal Hospital, Inagi, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan

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• Seiji Ohira ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Sapporo Kita Clinic, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takeshi Hasegawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiko Yazawa, Ryo Kido, Takeshi Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Yugo Shibagaki

  Current address: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

  Affiliation Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

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• Norio Hanafusa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiko Yazawa, Ryo Kido, Takeshi Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Yugo Shibagaki

  Affiliation Division of Total Renal Care Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kunitoshi Iseki ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshiharu Tsubakihara ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yugo Shibagaki

  Contributed equally to this work with: Masahiko Yazawa, Ryo Kido, Takeshi Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Yugo Shibagaki

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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