^aUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Hypertension, Medical University Ljubljana, Slovenia

^bSchool of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, King's College London, Clinical Research Facility, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

^cUniversity Clinic in Nephrology and Hypertension, Goedstrup Hospital and Aarhus University, Denmark

^dAmsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

^eClinic for Internal Disease Intermedica, Singidunum University School of medicine, Nis, Serbia

Correspondence to Jana Brguljan-Hitij, PhD, MD, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Hypertension, Medical University, Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Received 20 October, 2022

Accepted 24 October, 2022