About the Authors

Simona Bo

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sbo@molinette.piemonte.it

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Giovannino Ciccone

Affiliation Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Turin and Centro di Riferimento per l'Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione Oncologica in Piemonte, Turin, Italy

Marilena Durazzo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Roberto Gambino

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Paola Massarenti

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Nutrition, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy

Ileana Baldi

Affiliation Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Turin and Centro di Riferimento per l'Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione Oncologica in Piemonte, Turin, Italy

Antonela Lezo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Elisa Tiozzo

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Nutrition, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy

Daniela Pauletto

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Nutrition, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy

Maurizio Cassader

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Gianfranco Pagano

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SB participated in the conception and design of the study, supervision of data collection, data analysis, interpretation of the findings of the study, and manuscript writing and revision. GC participated in the design and randomization of the trial, data analysis, and manuscript writing and revision. MD, RG, PM, IB, and AL participated in data collection, interpretation of the findings, and manuscript revision. ET, DP, and MC participated in data collection and manuscript revision. GP participated in the conception and design of the study, interpretation of the findings of the study, and manuscript writing and revision. All authors have given final approval of the manuscript submitted.