About the Authors

Jayanta Gupta

Contributed equally to this work with: Jayanta Gupta, Elizabeth A. Dominic

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Dominic

Contributed equally to this work with: Jayanta Gupta, Elizabeth A. Dominic

Affiliation The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jeffrey C. Fink

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Akinlolu O. Ojo

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Ian R. Barrows

Affiliation The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Muredach P. Reilly

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Raymond R. Townsend

Affiliation Renal and Electrolyte Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marshall M. Joffe

Affiliation Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sylvia E. Rosas

Affiliation Joslyn Diabetic Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Melanie Wolman

Affiliation Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Samir S. Patel

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Martin G. Keane

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Harold I. Feldman

Affiliations Renal and Electrolyte Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John W. Kusek

Affiliation Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dominic S. Raj

draj@mfa.gwu.edu

Affiliation Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

the CRIC Study Investigators

Membership of the CRIC Study Investigators is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSR. Analyzed the data: JG. Wrote the paper: JG EAD DSR. Critically evaluated the manuscript and provided scientific input: JCF AOO IRB MPR RRT MMJ SER MW SSP MGK HIF JWK.