About the Authors

Giovanni Corona

jocorona@libero.it

Affiliation Endocrinology Unit, Major Hospital, Bellaria, Bologna Italy

Carlo B. Giorda

Affiliation Metabolism and Diabetes Unit, ASL Turin 5, Chieri Italy

Domenico Cucinotta

Affiliation Department of Medicine Policlico of Messina, Messina Italy

Piero Guida

Affiliation Statistical Consultant for Associazione Medici Diabetologi, Rome, Italy

Elisa Nada

Affiliation Chaira Medica Association, Chieri, Italy

SUBITO-DE Study Group

Membership of the SUBITO–DE Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC CBG DC. Performed the experiments: GC CBG DC. Analyzed the data: PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC CBG PG DC. Wrote the paper: GC CBG DC EN.