A Genome-wide Association Study in the Diabetic Patients Finds the 13q35.43-35.46 Locus Associated with Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: The Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study

Asahi Hishida¹⁹, Toshiro Takezaki¹⁴, Sadao Suzuki¹⁵, Miki Watanabe¹⁵, Nagato Kuriyama¹⁶, Teruhide Koyama¹⁶, Norihiro Furusyo¹⁷, Hiroaki Ikezaki¹⁷, Masahiro Nakatochi¹⁸, Sayo Kawai¹⁹, Ippei Shimoshikiryo¹⁴, Rieko Okada1¹⁹, Takashi Tamura¹⁹, Mariko Naito²⁰, Kenji Wakai¹⁹, Yukihide Momozawa²¹, Michiaki Kubo²¹, Hirotsugu Ueshima⁶, Yoshikuni Kita^2,22, Megumi Hara⁷, Akira Narita³, Tsuyoshi Hachiya⁴, Yoichi Sutoh⁴, Atsushi Shimizu⁴, Seiko Ohno⁵, Naoyuki Takashima², Harumitsu Suzuki⁶, Keitaro Tanaka⁷, Yasuyuki Nakamura^1,2*, Kiyonori Kuriki⁸, Kaori Endoh⁸, Isao Oze⁹, Hidemi Ito^10,11, Hirokazu Uemura¹², Sakurako Katsuura-Kamano¹², Haruo Mikami¹³ and Yohko Nakamura¹³

¹Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan

²Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan

³Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

⁴Division of Biomedical Information Analysis, Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-gun, Iwate, Japan

⁵Department of Bioscience and Genetics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

⁶Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan

⁷Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

⁸Laboratory of Public Health, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

⁹Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Department of Preventive Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

¹⁰Division of Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan

¹¹Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

¹²Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

¹³Cancer Prevention Center, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan

¹⁴Department of International Island and Community Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

¹⁵Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

¹⁶Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

¹⁷Department of Environmental Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

¹⁸Statistical Analysis Section, Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

¹⁹Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

²⁰Department of Maxillofacial Functional Development, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

²¹Laboratory for Genotyping Development, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan

²²Faculty of Nursing Science, Tsuruga Nursing University, Tsuruga, Japan