About the Authors

Deborah L. Zimmerman

dzimmerman@toh.on.ca

Affiliation Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Ottawa Hospital, Kidney Research Centre of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Marcel Ruzicka

Affiliation Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Ottawa Hospital, Kidney Research Centre of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Paul Hebert

Affiliation Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesia and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa; Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dean Fergusson

Affiliation Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Senior Scientist and Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rhian M. Touyz

Affiliation Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Kevin D. Burns

Affiliation Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Senior Scientist, Kidney Research Centre of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLZ MR PH KDB RMT. Performed the experiments: DLZ MR KDB RMT. Analyzed the data: DLZ DF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT DF PH. Wrote the paper: DLZ MR KDB RMT DF PH.