About the Authors

Stefan Bilz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

stefan.bilz@kssg.ch

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Miriam Flückiger

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Fabian Meienberg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Claudine Falconnier

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Ulrich Keller

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Jardena J. Puder

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The study was an investigator driven study supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Novo Nordisk Pharma Switzerland AG. U. K. has received consulting fees from NovoNordisk and Sanofi-Aventis. J. P. has received consulting fees and fees for speaking at meetings from NovoNordisk and consulting fees from Sanof-Aventis. S.B. has received fees for speaking at meetings from NovoNordisk and Sanofi-Aventis. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.