Risk factors for decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate amongst Malawian adults living in rural Karonga: Protocol for a prospective cohort study using cystatin C- and creatinine-based eGFR

• Charlotte M. Snead ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: charlotte.snead@lstmed.ac.uk

  Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Campus, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3603-3926

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• Chimwemwe Mkandawire,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Paul Kambiya,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Shekinah Munthali-Mkandawire,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Fredrick Kalobekamo,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Albert Dube,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Thandile Nkosi-Gondwe,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Baltazar Bananga Mtenga,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Dominic Nzundah,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Lenford Kamkwanya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  ¶† Deceased, 22/07/2024

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Desire Bellings,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi

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• Wisdom Nakanga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• June Fabian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wits Donald Gordon Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-9142

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• Robert Kalyesubula,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Makerere University, University Road, Kampala, Uganda

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• Chimota Phiri,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Private Bag 360, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Felix Limbani,

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

  Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Campus, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0176-7011

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• Dominic M. Taylor,

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

  Affiliations Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Richard Bright Renal Service, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-2146

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• Amelia C. Crampin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Henry C. Mwandumba,

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

  Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Campus, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Alison J. Price

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

  Affiliations Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Chilumba, Malawi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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