Plasma cell-free DNA measured prior to renal replacement therapy initiation is not associated with incident adverse outcomes, hospitalizations or malignancies in chronic kidney disease stage 4–5 patients

• Niilo Liuhto ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: niilo.liuhto@varha.fi

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2380-6901

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• Jenni Tuominen,

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

  Affiliation Department of Genomics, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Noora Manni,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Markus Hakamäki,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Roosa Lankinen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Tomi Toukola,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland

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• Jonna Virtanen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Kaj Metsärinne,

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

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Mikko J. Järvisalo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Wellbeing services county of Satakunta, Pori, Finland

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• Tapio Hellman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9453-5687

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