*Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, French Institute of Health and Medical Research U1048, Toulouse, France;
†Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III), Toulouse, France;
‡mosaiques diagnostics GmbH, Hanover, Germany;
§University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
‖RD Néphrologie, Montpellier, France;
¶KfH Renal Unit, Department Nephrology, Leipzig and Martin-Luther-University, Halle/Wittenberg, Germany;
**Diabetes Centre, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, The Netherlands;
††Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany;
‡‡BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom;
§§Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School of Hanover, Hanover, Germany;
‖‖Department of Nephrology, Klinikum Fulda gAG, Fulda, Germany;
¶¶Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany;
***Department of Internal Medicine IV, Charity Medical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
†††Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia;
‡‡‡Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;
§§§Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;
‖‖‖Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado;
¶¶¶School of Medicine, Jimenez Diaz Foundation Institute for Health Research, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain;
****Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark;
††††Faculty of Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark;
‡‡‡‡Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;
§§§§Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacology Research, Bergamo, Italy;
‖‖‖‖Second Department of Internal Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;
¶¶¶¶Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland;
*****University Department of Nephrology, Medical Faculty, University of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia;
†††††Division of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece;
‡‡‡‡‡School of Biomedical and Healthcare Sciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom; and
§§§§§Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Correspondence: Dr. Petra Zürbig, mosaiques diagnostics GmbH, Mellendorfer Str. 7-9, 30625 Hanover, Germany. Email: [email protected]
J.P.S. and P.Z. contributed equally to this work.
Received May 1, 2014
Accepted September 30, 2014
