About the Authors
- Kyrill S. Rogacev
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* E-mail: kyrill.rogacev@uksh.de
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Gunnar H. Heine
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Günther Silbernagel
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Affiliation Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
- Marcus E. Kleber
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Affiliation Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
- Sarah Seiler
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Insa Emrich
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Simone Lennartz
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Christian Werner
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Adam M. Zawada
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Danilo Fliser
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine IV, Nephrology and Hypertension, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Michael Böhm
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Winfried März
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Affiliations Vth Department of Medicine (Nephrology, Hypertensiology, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Rheumatology), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Synlab Academy, Synlab Services GmbH, Mannheim and Augsburg, Germany, Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Hubert Scharnagl
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hubert Scharnagl, Ulrich Laufs
Affiliation Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Ulrich Laufs
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Contributed equally to this work with: Hubert Scharnagl, Ulrich Laufs
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
Competing Interests
WM is employed with synlab Services GmbH, Augsburg, Germany. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KSR GHH GS MEK SS IE SL CW AMZ DF MB WM HS UL. Performed the experiments: CW AMZ WM HS UL. Analyzed the data: KSR GHH GS MEK SS IE SL CW AMZ DF MB WM UL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEK CW WM HS UL. Wrote the paper: KSR GHH GS MEK CW WM HS UL.