The urine albumin-creatinine ratio is a predictor for incident long-term care in a general population

• Shuko Takahashi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shutakahashi-iwt@umin.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Cardioangiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-1113

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• Fumitaka Tanaka,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Cardioangiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Yuki Yonekura,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation St. Luke's International University, Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kozo Tanno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Nishitokuta, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-Gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Masaki Ohsawa,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Morioka Tsunagi Onsen Hospital, Tsunagi, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Kiyomi Sakata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Nishitokuta, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-Gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Makoto Koshiyama,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Iwate Health Service Association, Kita-Iioka, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Akira Okayama,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention, Arakawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Motoyuki Nakamura

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Cardioangiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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