Acknowledgements
Hisashi, Aoyagi
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The authors would like to express our deepest gratitude to the patients, investigators, and staff at the study sites for their contribution to the study. The following investigators participated in the PREDICT trial (the numbers of enrolled patients are in parentheses): Terumasa Hayashi, Osaka General Medical Center (38); Takeyuki Hiramatsu, Konan Kosei Hospital (35); Hirofumi Tamai, Anjo Kosei Hospital (31); Yoshiyasu Iida, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital (30); Tomohiro Naruse, Kasugai Municipal Hospital (18); Hideto Oishi, Komaki City Hospital (18); Shoichi Maruyama, Nagoya University Hospital (17); Shunya Uchida, Teikyo University School of Medicine (16); Hideaki Shimizu, Chubu Rosai Hospital (15); Kunio Morozumi, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital (13); Hisashi Kurata, Toyota Kosei Hospital (12); Nobuhito Hirawa, Yokohama City University Medical Center (12); Saori Nishio, Hokkaido University Hospital (12); Yukio Yuzawa, Fujita Health University (11); Ichiei Narita, School of Medicine, Niigata University (10); Makoto Mizutani, Handa City Hospital (9); Isao Aoyama, Chukyo Hospital (9); Hideaki Yoshida, Sapporo Medical University Hospital (9); Kouji Kaneda, Oita Red Cross Hospital (9); Masaomi Nangaku, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine (8); Hideki Hirakata, Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital (8); Satoshi Suzuki, Kainan Hospital (8); Hiroki Adachi, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital (7); Eriko Kinugasa, Showa University, Northern Yokohama Hospital (7); Kei Kurata, Tosei General Hospital (7); Hiroshi Morinaga, Okayama University Hospital (6); Yusuke Tsukamoto, Itabashi Chuo Medical Center (6); Kazuhiro Tsuruya, Kyushu University Hospital (5); Ryoichi Ando, Musashino Red Cross Hospital (5); Shizunori Ichida, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital (5); Teiichi Tamura, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital (5); Takao Masaki, Hiroshima University Hospital (4); Takashi Wada, Kanazawa University Hospital (4); Hirokazu Honda, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital (4); Junichiro Yamamoto, Tsushima City Hospital (4); Yoshitaka Isaka, Osaka University Hospital (4); Eri Muso, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital (4); Yasuhiro Komatsu, St. Luke's International Hospital (4); Norimi Ohashi, Ogaki Municipal Hospital (4); Taiga Hara, Kagawa University Hospital (4); Kiyoshi Ikeda, Ikeda Vascular Access, Dialysis and Internal Medicine Clinic (3); Kazuyoshi Okada, Nihon University School of Medicine (3); Tetsuhiko Yoshida, Hamanomachi Hospital (3); Seiya Okuda, Kurume University Hospital (3); Hiromichi Suzuki, Saitama Medical University (3); Takeshi Nakanishi, Hyogo College of Medicine (3); Harumichi Higashi, St Mary's Hospital (3); Arimasa Shirasaki, Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital (3); Shuichiro Endo, Kyoto University Hospital (2); Yutaka Osawa, Niigata Rinko Hospital (2); Ryuji Aoyagi, Tachikawa General Hospital (2); Yasuhiko Tomino, Juntendo University Hospital (2); Tetsu Akimoto, Jichi Medical University (2); Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Fukushima Medical University (2); Jiro Toyonaga, Iizuka Hospital (2); Motoko Tanaka, Akebono Clinic (2); Yoshitaka Ishibashi, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center (2); Shigehiro Uezono, Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Hospital (2); Masako Sakakibara, Nagoya Memorial Hospital (2); Hajime Yamazaki, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital (1); Hideki Takano, Tokyo Teishin Hospital (1); Hirofumi Ikeda, Munakata Medical Association Hospital (1); Takuma Takata, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital (1); Hiroshi Yamashita, Toyota Memorial Hospital (1); Kunihiro Yamagata, University of Tsukuba (1); Toshinobu Sato, Japan Community Health Care Organization, Sendai Hospital (1); Ashio Yoshimura, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital (1); Keiichi Tamagaki, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (1); Kazuhiro Sonomura, Omihachiman Community Medical Center (1); Akira Iguchi, Ojiya General Hospital (1); Masahito Tamura, Hospital of the University Occupation and Environmental Health (1); Ryota Yasukawa, Sado General Hospital (1); Takanobu Morihiro, Masuko Hospital (1); Manei Oku, Ikeda Hospital (1).Terumasa Hayashi, Takeyuki Hiramatsu, Hirofumi Tamai, Yoshiyasu Iida, Tomohiro Naruse, Hideto Oishi, Shoichi Maruyama, Shunya Uchida, Hideaki Shimizu, Kunio Morozumi, Hisashi Kurata, Nobuhito Hirawa, Saori Nishio, Yukio Yuzawa, Ichiei Narita, Makoto Mizutani, Isao Aoyama, Hideaki Yoshida, Kouji Kaneda, Masaomi Nangaku, Hideki Hirakata, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroki Adachi, Eriko Kinugasa, Kei Kurata, Hiroshi Morinaga, Yusuke Tsukamoto, Kazuhiro Tsuruya, Ryoichi Ando, Shizunori Ichida, Teiichi Tamura, Takao Masaki, Takashi Wada, Hirokazu Honda, Junichiro Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Isaka, Eri Muso, Yasuhiro Komatsu, Norimi Ohashi, Taiga Hara, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Kazuyoshi Okada, Tetsuhiko Yoshida, Seiya Okuda, Hiromichi Suzuki, Takeshi Nakanishi, Harumichi Higashi, Arimasa Shirasaki, Shuichiro Endo, Yutaka Osawa, Ryuji Aoyagi, Yasuhiko Tomino, Tetsu Akimoto, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Jiro Toyonaga, Motoko Tanaka, Yoshitaka Ishibashi, Shigehiro Uezono, Masako Sakakibara, Hajime Yamazaki, Hideki Takano, Hirofumi Ikeda, Takuma Takata, Hiroshi Yamashita, Kunihiro Yamagata, Toshinobu Sato, Ashio Yoshimura, Keiichi Tamagaki, Kazuhiro Sonomura, Akira Iguchi, Masahito Tamura, Ryota Yasukawa, Manei Oku