About the Authors

Nicos Mitsides

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

nicos.mitsides@cmft.nhs.uk

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Nephrology Department, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, NIHR Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-operative, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Tom Cornelis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium

Natascha J. H. Broers

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

Nanda M. P. Diederen

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

Paul Brenchley

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Nephrology Department, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Frank M. van der Sande

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

Casper G. Schalkwijk

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

Jeroen P. Kooman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

Sandip Mitra

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, Nephrology Department, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, NIHR Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-operative, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.