About the Authors

Manuel Mai

manuel.mai@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department for Internal Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Anke Tönjes

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department for Internal Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Peter Kovacs

Affiliation IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Michael Stumvoll

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department for Internal Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Georg Martin Fiedler

Affiliation Center of Laboratory Medicine, University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital – Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Alexander Benedikt Leichtle

Affiliation Center of Laboratory Medicine, University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital – Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT GMF ABL. Performed the experiments: GMF ABL. Analyzed the data: MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GMF ABL. Wrote the paper: MM AT PK MS GMF ABL. Sample collection: AT PK MS.