About the Authors

Piero Ruggenenti

Contributed equally to this work with: Piero Ruggenenti, Monica Cortinovis, Aneliya Parvanova

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy, Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy

Monica Cortinovis

Contributed equally to this work with: Piero Ruggenenti, Monica Cortinovis, Aneliya Parvanova

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

monica.cortinovis@marionegri.it

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Aneliya Parvanova

Contributed equally to this work with: Piero Ruggenenti, Monica Cortinovis, Aneliya Parvanova

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Matias Trillini

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Ilian P. Iliev

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Antonio C. Bossi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio-Caravaggio-Romano, Bergamo, Italy

Antonio Belviso

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Poliambulatorio extra-ospedaliero, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Bergamo Ovest, Brembate di Sopra, Bergamo, Italy

Maria C. Aparicio

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Roberto Trevisan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy

Stefano Rota

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy

Annalisa Perna

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Tobia Peracchi

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Nadia Rubis

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Davide Martinetti

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Silvia Prandini

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Flavio Gaspari

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Fabiola Carrara

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

Salvatore De Cosmo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Internal Medicine, Research Hospital “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy

Giancarlo Tonolo

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SC Diabetologia Aziendale ASL 2 Olbia, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Olbia, Italy

Ruggero Mangili

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale Bergamo Est, Seriate, Bergamo, Italy

Giuseppe Remuzzi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, “Aldo e Cele Daccò”: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Bergamo, Italy

on behalf of the VARIETY Study Organization

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: GR is a member of PLOS Medicine’s Editorial Board. All other authors declare no competing interests.