About the Authors

James A. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Partha Shetty

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Kevin D. Burns

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dean Fergusson

Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Greg A. Knoll

gknoll@ottawahospital.on.ca

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS PS GK. Performed the experiments: JS PS. Analyzed the data: JS. Wrote the paper: JS KB GK DF. Provided content and methodological expertise, feedback, and critical comments on the overall study design, protocol, and manuscript: KB DF GK.