1. Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2. Research Division, Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan
3. Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence (CIRC2LE), Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
4. Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
5. Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
6. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan