About the Authors

Fenna van Breda

g.vanbreda@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and ICaR-VU, VUMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Mireille E. Emans

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Karien van der Putten

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, TerGooi Hospital, Hilversum, the Netherlands

Branko Braam

Affiliation Department of Medicine, division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Frans J. van Ittersum

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and ICaR-VU, VUMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Rob J. Kraaijenhagen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands

Martin H. de Borst

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, UMCG, Groningen, the Netherlands

Marc Vervloet

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and ICaR-VU, VUMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Carlo A. J. M. Gaillard

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, UMCG, Groningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAJMG. Performed the experiments: MEE KVDP. Analyzed the data: FVB FJVI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJK. Wrote the paper: FVB MEE BB MHDB MV CAJMG.