1 Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis 1-1, Mukogawa-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.
2 Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate, School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
3 Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Novel, Noninvasive, and Nutritional Therapeutics (CNT) and Triglyceride Research Center (TGRC), Department of Triglyceride Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 6-2-4, Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan.
4 Department of Nephrology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukakecho, Toyoakeshi, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
5 Division of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital, Suita, Japan.