Flythe, Jennifer E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4596-8536
Dorough, Adeline
Narendra, Julia H.
Wingard, Rebecca L.
Dalrymple, Lorien S.
DeWalt, Darren A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Renal Research Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K23 DK109401)
Article History
Accepted: 10 September 2018
First Online: 18 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Flythe has received investigator-initiated research funding from the Renal Research Institute, a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care, North America. In the past 2 years, Dr. Flythe has received consulting fees from Fresenius Medical Care, North America and speaking honoraria from American Renal Associates, American Society of Nephrology, Baxter, National Kidney Foundation, and multiple universities. Dr. Dalrymple and Ms Wingard are employees of Fresenius Medical Care, North America and have performance share-options/stock-options. Miss Dorough, Mrs. Narendra, and Dr. DeWalt declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (17-0038 and 17-1252) and the University of Virginia (19928).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.