About the Authors

Anna Walder

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

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Martin Müller

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Suzan Dahdal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Daniel Sidler

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Vasilios Devetzis

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Alexander B. Leichtle

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center of Laboratory Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Martin G. Fiedler

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center of Laboratory Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Albrecht W. Popp

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Kurt Lippuner

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Osteoporosis, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Bruno Vogt

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Dominik Uehlinger

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Uyen Huynh-Do

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Spyridon Arampatzis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Spiros.arampatzis@insel.ch

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

This PIs of this Study (SA, UH) received an independent medical education grant by AMGEN. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no other consultancy fees, employment, patents, products in development or marketed products which are in any relationship with this manuscript and the medical education grant by Amgen. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.