Participating Cohorts
The consortium includes >100 cohorts with more than 30 million participants from over 40 countries.
Cohorts and Contributing Scientists*
African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK): Jackson Wright, Lawrence Appel, Tom Greene, Brad C Astor
The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial (ADVANCE): John Chalmers, Stephen MacMahon, Mark Woodward, Hisatomi Arima
Aichi Workers’ Cohort (Aichi): Hiroshi Yatsuya, Kentaro Yamashita, Hideaki Toyoshima, Koji Tamakoshi
Alberta Kidney Disease Network (AKDN) (in CKD-PC Phases 1-3): Marcello Tonelli, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, Matt James, Tanvir C Turin
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC): Josef Coresh, Brad C Astor, Kunihiro Matsushita, Morgan Grams, Yingying Sang
Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab): Robert C Atkins, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Steven Chadban
Beaver Dam CKD Study: Ronald Klein, Barbara EK Klein, Kristine E Lee
Beijing: HaiYan Wang, Luxia Zhang, Fang Wang, Li Zuo
British Columbia CKD Study (BC CKD): Adeera Levin, Ognjenka Djurdjev
CanPREDDICT: Adeera Levin, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Mila Tang
The Cholesterol and Recurrent Events Trial (CARE): Marcello Tonelli, Frank M Sacks, Gary C Curhan
CARE FOR HOMe: Gunnar Heine, Adam M Zawada, Sarah Seiler, Insa Emrich, Lucie Bauer
Cardiovasular Health Study (CHS): Michael Shlipak, Mark Sarnak, Ronit Katz
China National Survey: Luxia Zhang, Lisheng Liu, Minghui Zhao, Fang Wang, Jinwei Wang
Circulatory Risk in Communities Study (CIRCS): Hiroyasu Iso, Akihiko Kitamura, Tetsuya Ohira, Kazumasa Yamagishi
Cleveland Clinic (CCF): Sankar D Navaneethan, Joseph V Nally, Jesse D Schold
COBRA study: Tazeen H Jafar, Muhammad Islam, Juanita Hatcher, Neil Poulter, Nish Chaturvedi
Chronic Renal Impairment in Birmingham (CRIB): Martin J Landray, Jonathan R Emberson, John N Townend, David C Wheeler
CRIC: Lawrence Appel, Harold Feldman, Chi-Yuan Hsu
CRISIS: Philip A Kalra, James Ritchie, Raman Maharajan, Helen Alderson, Beverly Lane
ESTHER Study: Dietrich Rothenbacher, Hermann Brenner, Heiko Müller, Ben Schöttker
Framingham Heart Study (Framingham): Caroline S Fox; Shih-Jen Hwang, James B Meigs
GCKD: Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Anna Kottgen, Stephanie Titze
Geisinger CKD Study: Jamie Green, H Lester Kirchner, Robert M Perkins, Alex R Chang
Gonryo: Sadayoshi Ito, Masaaki Nakayama, Mariko Miyazaki
Grampian Laboratory Outcomes, Morbidity and Mortality Studies -1 and 2 (GLOMMS-1 and GLOMMS-2): Corri Black, Angharad Marks, Nick Fluck, Gordon J Prescott
Gubbio Study: Massimo Cirillo
Hong Kong CKD: Angela Yee Moon Wang, Sharon Cheung, Sharon Wong, Jessie Chu, Henry Wu
Nord Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT): Stein Hallan, Knut Aasarød, Cecilia M Øien, Marie Radtke
Ibaraki Prefectual Health Study (IPHS): Fujiko Irie, Hiroyasu Iso, Toshimi Sairenchi, Kazumasa Yamagishi
ICES-KDT: Amit Garg, Danielle Nash, Eric McArthur
Jackson Heart Study: Adolfo Correa, Casey Rebholz, Ebony Boulware, Bessie Young
JMS: Shizukiyo Ishikawa, Yuichiro Yano
Kaiser Permanente NW (KPNW): David H Smith, Eric S Johnson, Micah L Thorp
Kangbuk Samsung Heath Study (KSHS): Eliseo Guallar, Seungho Ryu, Yoosoo Chang, Juhee Cho, Hocheol Shin
Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP): Allan J Collins, Joseph A Vassalotti, Suying Li, Shu-Cheng Chen
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Cohort (KP Hawaii): Brian J Lee
Korean Heart Study (KHS): Sun Ha Jee, Heejin Kimm, Yejin Mok
Maccabi Health System (Maccabi): Gabriel Chodik, Varda Shalev, Yair C Birnbaum, Bracha Shainberg
Multifactorial Approach and Superior Treatment Efficacy in Renal Patients with the Aid of a Nurse Practitioner (MASTERPLAN): Jack F Wetzels, Peter J Blankestijn, Arjan D van Zuilen
Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study (MDRD): Mark Sarnak, Andrew S Levey, Lesley Inker, Vandana Menon
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Michael Shlipak, Mark Sarnak, Carmen Peralta, Ronit Katz, Holly J Kramer, Ian H de Boer
Mild to Moderate Kidney Disease Study (MMKD): Florian Kronenberg, Barbara Kollerits, Eberhard Ritz
MRC Study of assessment of older people (MRC Older People): Paul Roderick, Dorothea Nitsch, Astrid Fletcher, Christopher Bulpitt
Mt. Sinai BioMe: Erwin Bottinger, Girish Nadkarni
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT): Areef Ishani, James D Neaton
Nanjing CKD Network Cohort: Haitao Zhang
NephroTest Study: Marc Froissart, Benedicte Stengel, Marie Metzger, Jean-Philippe Haymann, Pascal Houillier, Martin Flamant
New Zealand Diabetes Cohort Study (NZDCS): C Raina Elley, Timothy Kenealy, Simon A Moyes, John F Collins, Paul Drury
Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III): Brad C Astor, Josef Coresh, Kunihiro Matsushita
NIPPON: Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura, Sachiko Tanaka
NRHP-URU: Pablos Rios, Nelson Mazzuchi, Liliana Gadola, Veronica Lamadrid, Laura Sola
Ohasama Study: Takayoshi Ohkubo, Hirohito Metoki, Masaaki Nakayama, Masahiro Kikuya, Yutaka Imai
Okinawa 83 and 93 Cohorts: Kunitoshi Iseki
Pima Indian: Robert G Nelson, William C Knowler
Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease Study (PREVEND): Ron T Gansevoort, Paul E de Jong, Stephen JL Bakker, Hans L Hillege, Pim van der Harst
PSPA: Olivier Moranne, Cecile Couchoud, Cecile Vigneau
PSP-CKD: Nigel Brunskill, Rupert Major
Rancho Bernardo Study: Simerjot Kaur Jassal, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Jaclyn Bergstrom
Reduction of Endpoints in Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan (RENAAL): Hiddo J Lambers Heerspink, Barry E Brenner, Dick de Zeeuw
Reason for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Study (REGARDS): David G Warnock, Paul Muntner, Suzanne Judd, William McClellan
Rotterdam: Sanaz Sedaghat, M Arfan Ikram, Ewout J Hoorn, Abbas Dehghan
SCREAM: Juan-Jesus Carrero, Abdul Rashid Qureshi
SEED: Tien Yin Wong, Charumathi Sabanyagam, Ching-Yu Cheng, Wan Gen Yip
SMART: Frank Visseren
SRR-CKD: Marie Evans
Sunnybrook Cohort: Navdeep Tangri, David Naimark
Taiwan MJ Cohort Study (Taiwan): Chi-Pang Wen, Sung-Feng Wen, Chwen-Keng Tsao, Min-Kuang Tsai
Takahata: Tsuneo Konta, Atsushi Hirayama, Kazunobu Ichikawa
Tromso: Marit D Solbu, Bjorn O Eriksen
Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM): Johan Ärnlöv, Lars Lannfelt, Anders Larsson
Veterans' Administration CKD Study (VA CKD): Csaba P Kovesdy, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
West of Scotland CKD: Patrick B Mark, Jamie P Traynor, Colin C Geddes, Peter C Thomson
Zwolle Outpatient Diabetes project Integrating Available Care (ZODIAC): Henk J Bilo, Hanneke Joosten, Nanno Kleefstra, Klaas H Groenier, Iefke Drion
*Specific papers list the cohorts which had relevant data and opted to join each paper
The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial (ADVANCE): John Chalmers, Stephen MacMahon, Mark Woodward, Hisatomi Arima
Aichi Workers’ Cohort (Aichi): Hiroshi Yatsuya, Kentaro Yamashita, Hideaki Toyoshima, Koji Tamakoshi
Alberta Kidney Disease Network (AKDN) (in CKD-PC Phases 1-3): Marcello Tonelli, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, Matt James, Tanvir C Turin
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC): Josef Coresh, Brad C Astor, Kunihiro Matsushita, Morgan Grams, Yingying Sang
Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab): Robert C Atkins, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Steven Chadban
Beaver Dam CKD Study: Ronald Klein, Barbara EK Klein, Kristine E Lee
Beijing: HaiYan Wang, Luxia Zhang, Fang Wang, Li Zuo
British Columbia CKD Study (BC CKD): Adeera Levin, Ognjenka Djurdjev
CanPREDDICT: Adeera Levin, Ognjenka Djurdjev, Mila Tang
The Cholesterol and Recurrent Events Trial (CARE): Marcello Tonelli, Frank M Sacks, Gary C Curhan
CARE FOR HOMe: Gunnar Heine, Adam M Zawada, Sarah Seiler, Insa Emrich, Lucie Bauer
Cardiovasular Health Study (CHS): Michael Shlipak, Mark Sarnak, Ronit Katz
China National Survey: Luxia Zhang, Lisheng Liu, Minghui Zhao, Fang Wang, Jinwei Wang
Circulatory Risk in Communities Study (CIRCS): Hiroyasu Iso, Akihiko Kitamura, Tetsuya Ohira, Kazumasa Yamagishi
Cleveland Clinic (CCF): Sankar D Navaneethan, Joseph V Nally, Jesse D Schold
COBRA study: Tazeen H Jafar, Muhammad Islam, Juanita Hatcher, Neil Poulter, Nish Chaturvedi
Chronic Renal Impairment in Birmingham (CRIB): Martin J Landray, Jonathan R Emberson, John N Townend, David C Wheeler
CRIC: Lawrence Appel, Harold Feldman, Chi-Yuan Hsu
CRISIS: Philip A Kalra, James Ritchie, Raman Maharajan, Helen Alderson, Beverly Lane
ESTHER Study: Dietrich Rothenbacher, Hermann Brenner, Heiko Müller, Ben Schöttker
Framingham Heart Study (Framingham): Caroline S Fox; Shih-Jen Hwang, James B Meigs
GCKD: Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Anna Kottgen, Stephanie Titze
Geisinger CKD Study: Jamie Green, H Lester Kirchner, Robert M Perkins, Alex R Chang
Gonryo: Sadayoshi Ito, Masaaki Nakayama, Mariko Miyazaki
Grampian Laboratory Outcomes, Morbidity and Mortality Studies -1 and 2 (GLOMMS-1 and GLOMMS-2): Corri Black, Angharad Marks, Nick Fluck, Gordon J Prescott
Gubbio Study: Massimo Cirillo
Hong Kong CKD: Angela Yee Moon Wang, Sharon Cheung, Sharon Wong, Jessie Chu, Henry Wu
Nord Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT): Stein Hallan, Knut Aasarød, Cecilia M Øien, Marie Radtke
Ibaraki Prefectual Health Study (IPHS): Fujiko Irie, Hiroyasu Iso, Toshimi Sairenchi, Kazumasa Yamagishi
ICES-KDT: Amit Garg, Danielle Nash, Eric McArthur
Jackson Heart Study: Adolfo Correa, Casey Rebholz, Ebony Boulware, Bessie Young
JMS: Shizukiyo Ishikawa, Yuichiro Yano
Kaiser Permanente NW (KPNW): David H Smith, Eric S Johnson, Micah L Thorp
Kangbuk Samsung Heath Study (KSHS): Eliseo Guallar, Seungho Ryu, Yoosoo Chang, Juhee Cho, Hocheol Shin
Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP): Allan J Collins, Joseph A Vassalotti, Suying Li, Shu-Cheng Chen
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Cohort (KP Hawaii): Brian J Lee
Korean Heart Study (KHS): Sun Ha Jee, Heejin Kimm, Yejin Mok
Maccabi Health System (Maccabi): Gabriel Chodik, Varda Shalev, Yair C Birnbaum, Bracha Shainberg
Multifactorial Approach and Superior Treatment Efficacy in Renal Patients with the Aid of a Nurse Practitioner (MASTERPLAN): Jack F Wetzels, Peter J Blankestijn, Arjan D van Zuilen
Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study (MDRD): Mark Sarnak, Andrew S Levey, Lesley Inker, Vandana Menon
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Michael Shlipak, Mark Sarnak, Carmen Peralta, Ronit Katz, Holly J Kramer, Ian H de Boer
Mild to Moderate Kidney Disease Study (MMKD): Florian Kronenberg, Barbara Kollerits, Eberhard Ritz
MRC Study of assessment of older people (MRC Older People): Paul Roderick, Dorothea Nitsch, Astrid Fletcher, Christopher Bulpitt
Mt. Sinai BioMe: Erwin Bottinger, Girish Nadkarni
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT): Areef Ishani, James D Neaton
Nanjing CKD Network Cohort: Haitao Zhang
NephroTest Study: Marc Froissart, Benedicte Stengel, Marie Metzger, Jean-Philippe Haymann, Pascal Houillier, Martin Flamant
New Zealand Diabetes Cohort Study (NZDCS): C Raina Elley, Timothy Kenealy, Simon A Moyes, John F Collins, Paul Drury
Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III): Brad C Astor, Josef Coresh, Kunihiro Matsushita
NIPPON: Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura, Sachiko Tanaka
NRHP-URU: Pablos Rios, Nelson Mazzuchi, Liliana Gadola, Veronica Lamadrid, Laura Sola
Ohasama Study: Takayoshi Ohkubo, Hirohito Metoki, Masaaki Nakayama, Masahiro Kikuya, Yutaka Imai
Okinawa 83 and 93 Cohorts: Kunitoshi Iseki
Pima Indian: Robert G Nelson, William C Knowler
Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease Study (PREVEND): Ron T Gansevoort, Paul E de Jong, Stephen JL Bakker, Hans L Hillege, Pim van der Harst
PSPA: Olivier Moranne, Cecile Couchoud, Cecile Vigneau
PSP-CKD: Nigel Brunskill, Rupert Major
Rancho Bernardo Study: Simerjot Kaur Jassal, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Jaclyn Bergstrom
Reduction of Endpoints in Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan (RENAAL): Hiddo J Lambers Heerspink, Barry E Brenner, Dick de Zeeuw
Reason for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Study (REGARDS): David G Warnock, Paul Muntner, Suzanne Judd, William McClellan
Rotterdam: Sanaz Sedaghat, M Arfan Ikram, Ewout J Hoorn, Abbas Dehghan
SCREAM: Juan-Jesus Carrero, Abdul Rashid Qureshi
SEED: Tien Yin Wong, Charumathi Sabanyagam, Ching-Yu Cheng, Wan Gen Yip
SMART: Frank Visseren
SRR-CKD: Marie Evans
Sunnybrook Cohort: Navdeep Tangri, David Naimark
Taiwan MJ Cohort Study (Taiwan): Chi-Pang Wen, Sung-Feng Wen, Chwen-Keng Tsao, Min-Kuang Tsai
Takahata: Tsuneo Konta, Atsushi Hirayama, Kazunobu Ichikawa
Tromso: Marit D Solbu, Bjorn O Eriksen
Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM): Johan Ärnlöv, Lars Lannfelt, Anders Larsson
Veterans' Administration CKD Study (VA CKD): Csaba P Kovesdy, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
West of Scotland CKD: Patrick B Mark, Jamie P Traynor, Colin C Geddes, Peter C Thomson
Zwolle Outpatient Diabetes project Integrating Available Care (ZODIAC): Henk J Bilo, Hanneke Joosten, Nanno Kleefstra, Klaas H Groenier, Iefke Drion
*Specific papers list the cohorts which had relevant data and opted to join each paper