About the Authors
- Elena Qirjazi
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Eric McArthur
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Danielle M. Nash
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Stephanie N. Dixon
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Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Matthew A. Weir
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Akshya Vasudev
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Affiliations Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Racquel Jandoc
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Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lorne J. Gula
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Matthew J. Oliver
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ron Wald
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Affiliations Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Amit X. Garg
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* E-mail: amit.garg@lhsc.on.ca
Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
Dr. Garg’s institution received unrestricted research funding from Pfizer. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors otherwise declare that they have no relevant financial interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EQ EM DN SD MW AV RJ LG MO RW AG. Performed the experiments: EM SD AG. Analyzed the data: EQ EM DN SD MW AV RJ LG MO RW AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM SD AG. Wrote the paper: EQ AG. Data interpretation: EQ EM DN SD MW AV RJ LG MO RW AG. Manuscript revision: EQ EM DN SD MW AV RJ LG MO RW AG.