About the Authors

David A. Shoham

dshoham@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Ramon Durazo-Arvizu

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Holly Kramer

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Amy Luke

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Suma Vupputuri

Affiliations UNC Kidney Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Abhijit Kshirsagar

Affiliation UNC Kidney Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard S. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS RDA HMK AL SV AVK. Analyzed the data: DS RDA AL SV RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS SV. Wrote the paper: DS RDA HMK AL SV AVK RC.