1Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
2Department of Health Sciences, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Oita, Japan
3Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
4Ito Bone Histomorphometry Institute, Niigata, Japan
5Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
6Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
7Department of Pediatrics, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
8Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto, Japan
9The Keihanshin Consortium for Fostering the Next Generation of Global Leaders in Research (K-CONNEX), Kyoto, Japan
10Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
11Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan