About the Authors

Mark D. Jesky

mark.jesky@uhb.nhs.uk

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Translational Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mary Dutton

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Indranil Dasgupta

Affiliation Renal Unit, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Punit Yadav

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Translational Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Khai Ping Ng

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Anthony Fenton

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Translational Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Derek Kyte

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Charles J. Ferro

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Melanie Calvert

Affiliation Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Paul Cockwell

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Translational Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Stephanie J. Stringer

Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Translational Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Melanie Calvert has received consultancy fees from Astellas and Ferring Pharma outside the submitted work and has received research funding from the Health Foundation focused on Chronic Kidney Disease. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MDJ MD CJF PC SJS. Data curation: MDJ AF CJF PC SJS. Formal analysis: MDJ AF CJF MC PC SJS. Funding acquisition: PC. Investigation: MDJ MD ID PY KPN AF CJF PC SJS. Methodology: MDJ DK CJF MC PC SJS. Project administration: MDJ PC SJS. Resources: MDJ MD ID PY KPN AF CJF PC SJS. Supervision: PC SJS. Visualization: MDJ PC SJS. Writing – original draft: MDJ PC SJS. Writing – review & editing: MDJ MD ID PY KPN AF DK CJF MC PC SJS.