About the Authors

Albert Lecube

alecube@gmail.com

Affiliations Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Av Rovira Roure 80, 25198, Lleida, Spain, CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

Enric Sánchez

Affiliation Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Av Rovira Roure 80, 25198, Lleida, Spain

Fernando Gómez-Peralta

Affiliation Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Segovia General Hospital, C/Miguel Servet s/n, 40002, Segovia, Spain

Cristina Abreu

Affiliation Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Segovia General Hospital, C/Miguel Servet s/n, 40002, Segovia, Spain

Joan Valls

Affiliation Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Av Rovira Roure 80, 25198, Lleida, Spain

Olga Mestre

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

Odile Romero

Affiliation CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Sleep Unit, Neurophysiology Department, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

María Dolores Martínez

Affiliation Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Av Rovira Roure 80, 25198, Lleida, Spain

Gabriel Sampol

Affiliation CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Sleep Unit, Pneumology Department, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

Andreea Ciudin

Affiliation CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, 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 i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, 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 i Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL CH RS. Performed the experiments: AL OM ES FG CA MDM. Analyzed the data: JV AL OM FG CA CH RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL ES OM. Wrote the paper: ES AL RS CH JV. Supervised the statistical analyses: CH RS. Contributed to discussions: AC MDM ES. Provided an important scientific contribution to the study, assisted with the drafting or revising of the manuscript and had final approval of the version for publication: AL ES FG CA JV OM OR MDM GS AC CH RS.