Chronic Kidney Disease Is Positively and Diabetes Mellitus Is Negatively Associated with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Hidemi Takeuchi; Michihiro Okuyama; Haruhito A. Uchida; Yuki Kakio; Ryoko Umebayashi; Yuka Okuyama; Yasuhiro Fujii; Susumu Ozawa; Masashi Yoshida; Yu Oshima; Shunji Sano; Jun Wada

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164015

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Chronic Kidney Disease Is Positively and Diabetes Mellitus Is Negatively Associated with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Hidemi Takeuchi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hidemi Takeuchi, Michihiro Okuyama

¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Michihiro Okuyama ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hidemi Takeuchi, Michihiro Okuyama

¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Haruhito A. Uchida ,

* E-mail: hauchida@okayama-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Yuki Kakio,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Ryoko Umebayashi,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Yuka Okuyama,

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Yasuhiro Fujii,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Susumu Ozawa,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Masashi Yoshida,

Affiliation Department of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Yu Oshima,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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Shunji Sano,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Jun Wada

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Chronic Kidney Disease Is Positively and Diabetes Mellitus Is Negatively Associated with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Hidemi Takeuchi,
Michihiro Okuyama,
Haruhito A. Uchida,
Yuki Kakio,
Ryoko Umebayashi,
Yuka Okuyama,
Yasuhiro Fujii,
Susumu Ozawa,
Masashi Yoshida,
Yu Oshima

Published: October 20, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164015

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