About the Authors

David H. Kavanagh

Affiliation Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

David A. Savage

Affiliation Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Blood Transfusion Service, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom

Christopher C. Patterson

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Amy Jayne McKnight

Affiliation Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

John K. Crean

Affiliation Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Alexander P. Maxwell

Affiliation Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

Gareth J. McKay

g.j.mckay@qub.ac.uk

Affiliation Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

the Warren 3/UK GoKinD Study Group

Affiliation Membership of The Warren 3/UK GoKinD Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAS APM JKC AJM. Performed the experiments: DHK AJM. Analyzed the data: DHK CCP GJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJM DAS APM JKC. Wrote the paper: DHK DAS APM CCP GJM. Reviewed and approved the final manuscript: DHK DAS CCP AJM JKC APM GJM.