About the Authors

Mariano Rodriguez

Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

M. Dolores Salmeron

Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Alejandro Martin-Malo

alejandro.martin.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es

Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Carlo Barbieri

Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany

Flavio Mari

Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany

Rafael I. Molina

Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Pedro Costa

Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care, Madrid, Spain

Pedro Aljama

Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: CB, FM and PC are employed by Fresenius Medical Care. MR has received honorarium for lectures and consultations from: Shire, Sanofi, Abbvie, Amgem, Vifor, Fresenius and Keryx. AMM has received honorarium for lectures from: Fresenius, Shire, Abbvie, Amgem and Bellco. PA has received grants from: Allexion, Astellas, Fresenius and Abbvie. Honorarium for lectures from: Astellas, Fresenius and Otsuka. MDS has received finantial support from the Foundation for Biomedical Research of Cordoba (FIBICO) that belongs to the University Hospital Reina Sofia (Cordoba). 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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR MDS AMM PA. Performed the experiments: MR MDS AMM CB. Analyzed the data: MR MDS AMM CB FM RIM PC PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB FM RIM MDS. Wrote the paper: MR MDS AMM PA.