About the Authors

Katherine Angela Benson

kbenson04@qub.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Alexander Peter Maxwell

Affiliations Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, Regional Nephrology Unit, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom

Amy Jayne McKnight

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAB APM AJM. Performed the experiments: KAB. Analyzed the data: KAB APM AJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAB APM AJM. Wrote the paper: KAB APM AJM.