Low educational level increases functional disability risk subsequent to heart failure in Japan: On behalf of the Iwate KENCO study group

• Shuko Takahashi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

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

  Affiliations Division of Medical Education, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan, Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Health and Welfare, Iwate Prefectural Government, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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

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• Kozo Tanno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Yuki Yonekura,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masaki Ohsawa,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Morioka Tsunagi Onsen Hospital, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Toru Kuribayashi,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan

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• Yasuhiro Ishibashi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Gerontology, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Shinichi Omama,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Fumitaka Tanaka,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Toshiyuki Onoda,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Service Center, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan

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• Kiyomi Sakata,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan

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• Makoto Koshiyama,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Iwate Health Service Association, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

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• Kazuyoshi Itai,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutritional Sciences, Morioka University, Takizawa, Japan

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• Akira Okayama

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention, Tokyo, Japan

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