About the Authors

Renate Kruschitz

Affiliations Medical University Vienna, Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vienna, Austria, Medical University Graz, Inst. of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Graz, Austria, SIPCAN Special Institute for Preventive Cardiology and Nutrition, Salzburg, Austria, Medical University Graz, Inst. of Physiological Chemistry, Graz, Austria

Sandra J. Wallner-Liebmann

Sandra.wallner@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Medical University Graz, Inst. of Pathophysiology and Immunology, Graz, Austria

Michael J. Hamlin

Affiliation Lincoln University, Environment Society and Design Faculty, Christchurch, New Zealand

Maximilian Moser

Affiliation Medical University Graz, Inst. of Physiology, Graz, Austria

Bernhard Ludvik

Affiliation Medical University Vienna, Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vienna, Austria

Wolfgang J. Schnedl

Affiliation Practice for General Internal Medicine, Bruck/Mur, Austria

Erwin Tafeit

Affiliation Medical University Graz, Inst. of Physiological Chemistry, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK SWL WS ET. Performed the experiments: RK MH MM WS. Analyzed the data: RK BL ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWL MM ET. Wrote the paper: RK SWL BL ET.