About the Authors
- Heiner K. Berthold
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* E-mail: heiner.berthold@charite.de
Affiliations Research Group on Geriatrics, Evangelical Geriatrics Center Berlin (EGZB), Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Campus Virchow Clinic, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Matthias Laudes
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Affiliations Center of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Preventive Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine I and Cluster of Excellence in Inflammation at Interfaces, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Wilhelm Krone
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Affiliation Center of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Preventive Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Ioanna Gouni-Berthold
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Affiliation Center of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Preventive Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Lipid Analytic Cologne (LIANCO) was supported by Bayer Vital GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany). This does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HKB WK IG-B. Performed the experiments: HKB IG-B. Analyzed the data: HKB ML IG-B. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WK IG-B. Wrote the paper: HKB ML WK IG-B.