About the Authors

Ciara Kierans

c.kierans@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Policy, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Cesar Padilla-Altamira

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Policy, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Guillermo Garcia-Garcia

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Centre, Hospital 278, Jalisco, Mexico

Margarita Ibarra-Hernandez

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Centre, Hospital 278, Jalisco, Mexico

Francisco J. Mercado

Affiliation Depto Salud Pública, CUCS, Universidad Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Editing, critical reading of drafts: CK CPA FM MIH GGG. Conceived and designed the experiments: CK FM. Performed the experiments: CK FM CPA. Analyzed the data: CK FM CPA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK FM CPA GGG MIH. Wrote the paper: CK.