aDivision of Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
bDivision of Public Health, Hygiene and Epidemiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
cDivision of Internal Medicine, Izumi Hospital, Sendai
dMichinoku Center of General Medicine, Miyagi
eDivision of Aging and Geriatric Dentistry, Department of Rehabilitation Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry
fDivision of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai
gDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo
hTohoku Institute for Management of Blood Pressure
iDepartment of Endocrinology and Applied Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
jDivision of Integrative Renal Replacement Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
kDepartment of Medical Information Technology Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai
lDepartment of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Iwate
mDivision of Drug Development and Regulatory Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, Tokyo
nDepartment of Environmental Health Science and Public Health, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita
oDepartment of Community Medical Support, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Correspondence to Michihiro Satoh, PhD, Division of Public Health, Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 1–15-1 Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 983-8536, Japan. Tel: +81 22 290 8727; fax: +81 22 290 8728; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; K, potassium; Na, sodium; Na/K ratio, sodium-to-potassium ratio; SD, standard deviation; VIF, variance inflation factor
Received 22 June, 2021
Revised 1 December, 2021
Accepted 29 December, 2021
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