About the Authors

Marcel Ruzicka

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Division of Nephrology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

Ayub Akbari

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Division of Nephrology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Eva Bruketa

Affiliation Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Jeanne Françoise Kayibanda

Affiliation Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Claude Baril

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

Swapnil Hiremath

shiremath@toh.on.ca

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Division of Nephrology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR AA EB JFK CB SH. Performed the experiments: MR AA EB JFK CB SH. Analyzed the data: MR AA EB JFK CB SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR AA EB JFK CB SH. Wrote the paper: MR AA EB JFK CB SH.