About the Authors

Adriano Curti

Affiliation Renal Division, Stadtspital Waid Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Albin Schwarz

Affiliation Renal Division, Stadtspital Waid Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Johannes Trachsler

Affiliation Renal Division, Stadtspital Waid Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Yuki Tomonaga

Affiliation Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Medical Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Patrice M. Ambühl

patrice.ambuehl@waid.zuerich.ch

Affiliation Renal Division, Stadtspital Waid Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC AS YT PMA. Performed the experiments: AC. Analyzed the data: AC PMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT. Wrote the paper: AC AS PMA. Provided scientific and clinical input: JT.