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