About the Authors

Elena Qirjazi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Eric McArthur

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Danielle M. Nash

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stephanie N. Dixon

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Matthew A. Weir

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Akshya Vasudev

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

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lorne J. Gula

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Matthew J. Oliver

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ron Wald

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

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.