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PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
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ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
23
November
2015
Publication date Collection: 2015
Volume: 10
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0143104
Affiliations
[1
]Department of Nephrology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
[2
]Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center (ICaR-VU), VU
University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
[3
]Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
[4
]Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
[5
]Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany
[6
]Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen,
Germany
[7
]Department of Internal Medicine, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
University of São Paulo School of Medicine, BRAZIL
Author notes
Competing Interests: Muriel P.C. Grooteman reports research funded by Fresenius Medical Care and Gambro/Baxter
and honoraria received from Fresenius Medical Care. Peter J. Blankestijn reports research
funded by Fresenius Medical Care and Gambro/Baxter and honoraria received from Fresenius
Medical Care. Sonja Steppan and Janine Büchel are fulltime employees of Fresenius
Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. Vincent Brandenburg reports research/honoria or scientific
advisory board membership from/at Abbvie, Amgen, Bayer, Fresenius Medical Care, Novartis,
Sanofi, Servier, and Synlab. The membership of the scientific advisory board of Fresenius
Medical Care did not have any influence on the present manuscript. Marc G. Vervloet
reports research or fees from Abbie Inc, Fresenius Medical Care, Amgen, Baxter, and
Shire. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Conceived and designed the experiments: CdRvZ MG MB PB MvdD PtW MN MV. Performed the
experiments: CdRvZ MG MB PB MvdD PtW MN MV. Analyzed the data: CdRvZ MG SS JB RG VB
MN MV. Wrote the paper: CdRvZ MG MB PB SS JB RG VB MvdD PtW MN MV.
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-15-36751
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143104
PMC ID: 4658157
PubMed ID: 26600017
SO-VID: 19fc4efe-55ee-49e0-a3fb-f9f9e29b0c68
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CONTRAST was financially supported by a grant from the Dutch Kidney Foundation (Nierstichting
Nederland, grant C02.2019) and unrestricted grants from Fresenius Medical Care (The
Netherlands) and Gambro Lundia AB (Sweden). Additional support was received from the
Dr E.E. Twiss Fund, Roche Netherlands, the International Society of Nephrology/Baxter
Extramural Grant Program, and the Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development
(ZonMW, grant 17088.2802). The funders had no role in study design, data collection,
analysis, or the decision to publish. The present project was additionally funded
by a grant from Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany. Fresenius
Medical Care Deutschland GmbH did not have any additional role in the study design,
data collection, and analysis of the manuscript, but provided support in the form
of salaries for authors (SS, JB) and intellectual content, and consented to publish
the manuscript. The specific roles of the authors related to Fresenius Medical Care
are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.