About the Authors

Arjan van der Tol

Arjan.vandertol@ugent.be

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Wim Van Biesen

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Steven Van Laecke

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Kris Bogaerts

Affiliation Interuniversity Centre for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Leuven, Belgium

Koen De Lombaert

Affiliation F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Brussels, Belgium

Hans Warrinnier

Affiliation F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Brussels, Belgium

Raymond Vanholder

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The authors Koen De Lombaert and Hans Warrinnier are employees of Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. The author Kris Bogaerts was appointed as a statistician by Hoffman La Roche Ltd. All the other authors have no conflict of interest to declare. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AvdT WVB SVL. Performed the experiments: AvdT WVB. Analyzed the data: AvdT WVB KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDL HW. Wrote the paper: AvdT WVB RV.