About the Authors

Dorien M. Zelle

d.m.zelle@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Eva Corpeleijn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Gerald Klaassen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Elise Schutte

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Gerjan Navis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Stephan J. L. Bakker

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJLB. Performed the experiments: SJLB. Analyzed the data: DMZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMZ. Wrote the paper: DMZ EC GK GN SJLB. Mediation analysis: ES.