About the Authors

Lise Weis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France

Marie Metzger

Affiliations Research Centre in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm Unit 1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, UMRS 1018, Univ Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France

Jean-Philippe Haymann

Affiliations Department of Physiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, INSERM UNIT 702, Paris, France, UMR S 702, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France

Eric Thervet

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, UMR S 775, Univ Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Martin Flamant

Affiliation Department of Physiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France

François Vrtovsnik

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France

Cédric Gauci

Affiliation Department Physiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Pascal Houillier

Affiliations UMR S 775, Univ Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Department Physiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Marc Froissart

Affiliations Research Centre in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm Unit 1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, UMR S 775, Univ Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Department Physiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Emmanuel Letavernier

Affiliations Department of Physiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, INSERM UNIT 702, Paris, France, UMR S 702, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France

Bénédicte Stengel

Affiliations Research Centre in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm Unit 1018, CESP, Villejuif, France, UMRS 1018, Univ Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France

Jean-Jacques Boffa

jean-jacques.boffa@tnn.aphp.fr

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, INSERM UNIT 702, Paris, France, UMR S 702, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France

on behalf of the NephroTest Study Group

Membership of the NephroTest Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

Marc Froisart has received consulting or lecture fees or research funds from Affymax, Genzyme, Hoffmann-La Roche, Novartis, Sandoz, Shire, Takeda, and Vifor International. Marc Froisart has been employed by Amgen since January 1, 2011, but was a full-time academic associate professor during the time of study conception and data collection. Bénédicte Stengel has received research funds from Amgen, Baxter, Genzyme (Sanofi), Fresenius, MSD, and GSK. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LW JJB. Analyzed the data: LW MM JPH ET M. Flamant FV CG PH M. Froissart EL BS JJB. Wrote the paper: LW MM JPH ET M. Flamant FV CG PH M. Froissart EL BS JJB. Acquired the data: M. Flamant JPH PH M. Froissart MM BS. Drafted, revised and approved the manuscript: LW MM JPH ET M. Flamant FV CG PH M. Froissart EL BS JJB.