1. Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy , Tokyo , Japan
2. Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine , Isehara , Japan
3. The Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University , Isehara , Japan
4. Department of Nephrology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences , Nagoya , Japan
5. Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine , Suita , Japan
6. Department of Nephrology, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital , Nishinomiya , Japan
7. Comprehensive Unit for Health Economic Evidence Review and Decision Support (CHEERS), Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University , Kyoto , Japan
8. Department of Nephrology, Kitasaito Hospital , Asahikawa , Japan
9. Department of Nephrology, Yabuki Hospital , Yamagata , Japan
10. Department of Medicine, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women’s Medical University , Tokyo , Japan