About the Authors
- John W. Pickering
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* E-mail: john.pickering@otago.ac.nz
Affiliation Christchurch Kidney Research Group, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Zoltan H. Endre
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Affiliations Christchurch Kidney Research Group, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand, Department of Nephrology, Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Competing Interests
Argutus Medical Ltd assisted in providing assays for this study. Urinary NGAL kits were provided by Abbott Diagnostics. Neither Argutus Medical Ltd nor Abbott Diagnostics were involved in the preparation or writing of this manuscript. There are no further 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.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the EARLYARF trial: ZHE. Conceived the analysis: JWP. Interpreted the analysis: JWP ZHE. Wrote the paper: JWP ZHE.