About the Authors

Lieneke Scheven

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Dept. Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Nynke Halbesma

Affiliation Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands

Paul E. de Jong

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Dept. Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Dick de Zeeuw

Affiliation Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Stephan J. L. Bakker

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Dept. Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ron T. Gansevoort

r.t.gansevoort@umcg.nl

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Dept. Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS NH PEdJ RTG. Performed the experiments: LS NH. Analyzed the data: LS NH. Wrote the paper: LS RTG. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content: LS PJ RT. Final approval of the version to be published: LS NH PJ DZ SB RT.