About the Authors
- Mark R. Marshall
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* E-mail: mrmarshall@middlemore.co.nz
Affiliations Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Renal Medicine, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Rachael C. Walker
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Affiliations Renal Department, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, Hastings, New Zealand, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Kevan R. Polkinghorne
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Affiliations Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Kelvin L. Lynn
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Affiliation Kidney Health New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: M.M. has received honoraria as an advisor to Abbott Australia Pty Ltd. and travel grants from Roche Products NZ Ltd., Novartis NZ Ltd., and Fresenius Medical Care–Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd. K.L.L. has received travel grants from Roche Products NZ Ltd and Fresenius Medical Care–Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MRM RCW KLL. Performed the experiments: MRM KRP. Analyzed the data: MRM KRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRM KRP. Wrote the paper: MRM RCW KRP KLL.