About the Authors

Jean Kaboré

jean.kabore@inserm.fr

Affiliations Inserm U1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France, IRSS/Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Marie Metzger

Affiliations Inserm U1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France

Catherine Helmer

Affiliations Inserm U897-Epidemiology-Biostatistic, Bordeaux, France, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Clinical Investigation Center – Clinical Epidemiology, Bordeaux, France

Claudine Berr

Affiliation Inserm U1061, Montpellier, France, University Montpellier I, Montpellier, France

Christophe Tzourio

Affiliations Inserm U897-Epidemiology-Biostatistic, Bordeaux, France, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Ziad A. Massy

Affiliations Inserm U1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, Division of Nephrology, Ambroise Paré University Hospital, Boulogne Billancourt, France, University Paris-Ouest-UVSQ, Paris, France

Bénédicte Stengel

Affiliations Inserm U1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France

Competing Interests

The 3C received funding from Sanofi-Aventis. This did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK MM ZAM BS. Analyzed the data: JK MM ZAM BS. Wrote the paper: JK MM ZAM BS. Contributed to the critical revision and final approval of the version to be published: CH CB CT.