About the Authors

Thijs T. Jansz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Dianet Dialysis Centers, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Akin Özyilmaz

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dialysis Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Franka E. van Reekum

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Franciscus T. J. Boereboom

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dianet Dialysis Centers, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Pim A. de Jong

Roles Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Marianne C. Verhaar

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Brigit C. van Jaarsveld

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

b.jaarsveld@amsterdamumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences (ACS), Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The NOCTx study is supported by unrestricted grants from Amgen, Baxter, Fresenius Medical Care, Novartis, Roche, and Shire Pharmaceuticals. B.C. van Jaarsveld reports research grants from Fresenius Medical Care, Baxter, Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma, and Nipro outside the submitted work. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.