About the Authors

Anastasia Markaki

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Crete, Greece

John Kyriazis

jks@otenet.gr

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Chios, Chios, Greece

Kostas Stylianou

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

George A. Fragkiadakis

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Crete, Greece

Kostas Perakis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Andrew N. Margioris

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Emmanuel S. Ganotakis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Eugene Daphnis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM GF KP KS ESG ED. Performed the experiments: A. Markaki GF KP. Analyzed the data: JK KS ESG ED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Markaki GF KP A. Margioris. Wrote the paper: A. Markaki JK KS A. Margioris ESG ED.