About the Authors

Nicholas Carlson

Nicholas.carlson@regionh.dk

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark, Department of Nephrology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark

Kristine Hommel

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark

Jonas Bjerring Olesen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark

Anne-Merete Soja

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Denmark

Tina Vilsbøll

Affiliation Center for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark

Anne-Lise Kamper

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Christian Torp-Pedersen

Affiliation Institute of Health, Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Gunnar Gislason

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark

Competing Interests

JO: Has received speaker fees and funding for research from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Boehringer Ingelheim, the Lundbeck Foundation, and The Capital Region of Denmark. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NC KH JO TV AS AK GG CTP. Performed the experiments: NC. Analyzed the data: NC JO GG CTP. Wrote the paper: NC KH JO TV AK GG CTP.