About the Authors

Udeme E. Ekrikpo

Contributed equally to this work with: Udeme E. Ekrikpo, Andre P. Kengne

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Andre P. Kengne

Contributed equally to this work with: Udeme E. Ekrikpo, Andre P. Kengne

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Aminu K. Bello

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Emmanuel E. Effa

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

Jean Jacques Noubiap

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Babatunde L. Salako

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Brian L. Rayner

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Giuseppe Remuzzi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Bergamo, Italy

Ikechi G. Okpechi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Ikechi.Okpechi@uct.ac.za

Affiliations Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Kidney and Hypertension Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.