About the Authors

Patricia R. Peter

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kyung Hee Park

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Joo Young Huh

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicole M. Wedick

Affiliation Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christos S. Mantzoros

cmantzor@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section of Endocrinology, Boston VA Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSM PRP. Performed the experiments: PRP. Analyzed the data: PRP CSM KHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYH NMW. Wrote the paper: PRP.