About the Authors

María Insenser

Contributed equally to this work with: María Insenser, Rafael Montes-Nieto, M. Ángeles Martínez-García

mariarosa.insenser@salud.madrid.org

Affiliation Diabetes, Obesity and Human Reproduction Research Group, Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain

Rafael Montes-Nieto

Contributed equally to this work with: María Insenser, Rafael Montes-Nieto, M. Ángeles Martínez-García

Affiliation Diabetes, Obesity and Human Reproduction Research Group, Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain

M. Ángeles Martínez-García

Contributed equally to this work with: María Insenser, Rafael Montes-Nieto, M. Ángeles Martínez-García

Affiliation Diabetes, Obesity and Human Reproduction Research Group, Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain

Elena Fernandez Durán

Affiliation Diabetes, Obesity and Human Reproduction Research Group, Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain

Carmen Santiuste

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Vicente Gómez

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Jeffrey A. Kline

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale

Affiliation Diabetes, Obesity and Human Reproduction Research Group, Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain

David Jiménez

Affiliation Respiratory Department, Pulmonary Embolism Research Group, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFEM DJ. Performed the experiments: MI RMN MAMG EFD. Analyzed the data: MI RMN MAMG CS VG JAK HFEM DJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS VG JAK HFEM DJ. Wrote the paper: MI HFEM DJ.