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Kunitoshi Iseki

Researcher at University of the Ryukyus

Publications -  99
Citations -  11273

Kunitoshi Iseki is an academic researcher from University of the Ryukyus. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Dialysis. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 99 publications receiving 9991 citations.

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Proteinuria and the risk of developing end-stage renal disease

TL;DR: Proteinuria was a strong, independent predictor of ESRD in a mass screening setting in Okinawa, Japan, and therefore, asymptomatic proteinuria warrants further work-up and intervention.
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Significance of hyperuricemia on the early detection of renal failure in a cohort of screened subjects.

TL;DR: Serum uric acid was the most significant correlate for developing high S-Cr in this sample of the Japanese population and increased with age in both sexes at the 1997 screening.
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Hypocholesterolemia is a significant predictor of death in a cohort of chronic hemodialysis patients.

TL;DR: Hypocholesterolemia was an independent predictor of death in patients on chronic hemodialysis and was only evident in a subgroup of patients whose serum albumin was more than 4.5 g/dL.