About the Authors

Silvio Borrelli

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

dott.borrellisilvio@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Paolo Chiodini

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Medical Statistics Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy

Luca De Nicola

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Roberto Minutolo

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Michele Provenzano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Carlo Garofalo

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Remuzzi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations IRCCS—Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Centro Anna Maria Astori, Science and Technology Park Kilometro Rosso, Bergamo, Italy, Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Claudio Ronco

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IRRIV) San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza–Italy

Mario Gennaro Cozzolino

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Renal Division, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, Italy

Carlo Manno

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Unità Operativa Complessa Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianti, Dipartimento Emergenza e Trapianti d’Organo, Università degli Studi “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Anna Maria Costanzo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliation AbbVie, Campoverde (LT), Italy

Giuliana Gualberti

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation AbbVie, Campoverde (LT), Italy

Giuseppe Conte

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following interests: This study was funded by AbbVie. MGC declares grant support from Abbvie, Shire; speaker Honoraria from Abbvie, Amgen, Vifor Fresenius, Genzyme, Shire. RM declares lecture fees from Amgen, Roche, Abbvie. GG is an Abbvie employee and AMC was an AbbVie employee and may own Abbvie stocks/options. RG is affiliated with Azienda SocioSanitaria Territoriale. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.