About the Authors

Albert Lecube

Contributed equally to this work with: Albert Lecube, Gabriel Sampol

alecube@vhebron.net

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Gabriel Sampol

Contributed equally to this work with: Albert Lecube, Gabriel Sampol

Affiliation CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Sleep Unit, Pneumology Service, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Patricia Lloberes

Affiliation CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Sleep Unit, Pneumology Service, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Odile Romero

Affiliation Sleep Unit, Neurophysiology Service, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Mesa

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Hernández

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Rafael Simó

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL JM CH RS. Performed the experiments: GS PL OR. Analyzed the data: AL GS PL OR JM CH RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL GS PL OR. Wrote the paper: AL GS CH RS.