About the Authors

David A. Drew

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ddrew@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Affiliation Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

Ronit Katz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Stephen Kritchevsky

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Joachim H. Ix

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Michael Shlipak

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kidney Health Research Collaborative, San Francisco VA Health Care System and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Anne B. Newman

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, PA, United States of America

Andy Hoofnagle

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Linda Fried

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh PA and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Orlando M. Gutiérrez

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

Mark Sarnak

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Gutierrez reports receiving grant funding and consulting fees from Akebia; grant funding and consulting fees from Amgen; grant funding from GSK; and consulting fees from QED Therapeutics. These interests do not alter our adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.