title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.affiliation: Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.affiliation: Department of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.affiliation: Department of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Terumasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rakugi
authors.affiliation: Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunitoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iseki
authors.affiliation: Committee of Renal Data Registry, Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsubakihara
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isaka
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium