About the Authors

Noemi Pavo

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

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinical Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Rajashri Yarragudi

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Heidi Puttinger

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Henrike Arfsten

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinical Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Guido Strunk

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

Affiliations Complexity Research, Vienna, Austria, FH Campus Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Andja Bojic

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinical Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Martin Hülsmann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Clinical Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Andreas Vychytil

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

andreas.vychytil@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

Andreas Vychytil has received lecturer fees and travel grants from Baxter and Fresenius (manufacturers of peritoneal dialysis solutions) unrelated to this trial. Rajashri Yarragudi, Heidi Puttinger and Martin Hülsmann have received lecturer fees from Baxter unrelated to this trial. The other authors have no conflict of interest to declare. This study was supported by an unrestricted grant from Baxter Healthcare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.