About the Authors

Ransmond O. Berchie

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

berchie.ransmond@gene.com (ROB); Tom.Greene@hsc.utah.edu (TG)

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Lesley A. Inker

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hiddo J. L. Heerspink

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Ben Haaland

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Tom Greene

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

berchie.ransmond@gene.com (ROB); Tom.Greene@hsc.utah.edu (TG)

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

LA Inker reports funding from National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Omeros, Dialysis Clinics, Inc., and Reata Pharmaceuticals for research and contracts to Tufts Medical Center; consulting agreements to Tufts Medical Center with Tricida and HealthLogistics Interactive; and consulting agreements to Diamerix. HJL Heerspink reports funding from the NKF to his institute, is a consultant for AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chinook, CSL Behring, Dimerix, Eli-Lilly, Gilead, GoldFinch, Janssen, Merck, Novo Nordisk A/S, Travere Pharmaceuticals. T Greene reports grant support from the NKF, the Collaborative Study Group, the National Institutes of Health, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Durect Corporation, Pfizer; statistical consulting AstraZeneca, CSL, and Boehringer-Ingleheim. B Haaland reports employment for Pentara Corporation, and consults for the NKF, Proxima Clinical Research, Value Analytics Health, and Guidepoint Global. RO Berchie reports employment for Genentech. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.