Authors
Taeko Osawa, MD 1, PhD 1, Kazuya
Fujihara, MD 1, PhD 1, Mayuko Harada
Yamada, MD 1, Masahiko Yamamoto, MD1, Masaru Kitazawa, MD 1, Yasuhiro
Matsubayashi, MD 1, PhD 1, Midori
Iwanaga, MD 1, Takaho Yamada, MD 1,
PhD 1,Hiroyasu Seida 2, Yoshimi
Nakagawa, MD 3, PhD 3, Hitoshi
Shimano, MD 3, PhD 3, Hirohito Sone,
MD 1, PhD 1, FACP1
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University Faculty of
Medicine, Niigata, Japan
2. Japan Medical Data Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tsukuba School of
Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan
Running Title: Hypertension and initiation of dialysis
Key words: hypertension, dialysis, persons with and without
diabetes
Word count for abstract: 250 words
Word count for main text: 2703 words, 3 tables, 1 Figure