About the Authors

Ghada M. A. Ajabnoor

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Suhad Bahijri

sbahijri@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Noor Ahmad Shaik

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Center of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Anwar Borai

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Aliaa A. Alamoudi

Affiliations Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Jumana Y. Al-Aama

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Genetic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Center of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

George P. Chrousos

Affiliations Saudi Diabetes Study Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School,‘‘Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SB GA JA GC. Data curation: SB GA. Formal analysis: GA AB NS. Funding acquisition: SB GC. Investigation: GA SB NS AB AA JA GC. Methodology: GA SB JA AB GC. Project administration: SB GA GC. Resources: GA SB AB JA GC. Software: GA AB AA. Supervision: SB GC. Validation: GA NS JA AB. Visualization: GA SB. Writing – original draft: AA SB GA GC. Writing – review & editing: SB GC.