Depression amongst patients commencing maintenance dialysis is associated with increased risk of death and severe infections: A nationwide cohort study

• Ping-Hsun Wu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1021-8161

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• Ming-Yen Lin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Master of Public Health Degree Program, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Teng-Hui Huang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Ting Lin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao–Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chi-Chih Hung,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Chun Yeh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Hung-Tien Kuo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  * E-mail: jerchia.tsai@gmail.com (JCT); hutiku@kmu.edu.tw (HTK)

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Wen Chiu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shang-Jyh Hwang,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jer-Chia Tsai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jerchia.tsai@gmail.com (JCT); hutiku@kmu.edu.tw (HTK)

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Juan-Jesus Carrero

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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