Zhang, Xuehan
Rule, Andrew D.
McCulloch, Charles E.
Lieske, John C.
Ku, Elaine
Hsu, Chi-yuan
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K24 DK92291, R01 DK090358)
Article History
Received: 8 March 2019
Accepted: 21 February 2020
First Online: 30 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by: Peking Union Medical College Hospital Institutional Review Board, University of California, San Francisco Institutional Review Board and Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board. The study is accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written consent was obtained from the participants of AASK and MDRD studies. A waiver of consent was obtained from the Mayo Clinic IRB to study the patients from the Mayo Clinic Renal Studies Unit database due to the retrospective nature of these clinical data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.