About the Authors

David R. Clemmons

endocrine@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sam Miller

Affiliation SAM Clinical Research Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jean-Claude Mamputu

Affiliation Theratechnologies Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Theratechnologies Inc. sponsored the study. Jean-Claude Mamputu is employed by Theratechnologies Inc. David R Clemmons has received fees for consultancy from Theratechnologies Inc. at the time the study was performed. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DRC. Formal analysis: JCM. Investigation: DRC SM. Methodology: DRC. Writing – original draft: DRC SM JCM. Writing – review & editing: DRC SM JCM.