About the Authors

Paolo Marzullo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

paolo.marzullo@med.uniupo.it

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of General Medicine, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara, Italy

Alessandro Minocci

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy

Chiara Mele

Roles Data curation

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of General Medicine, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara, Italy

Rezene Fessehatsion

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy

Mariantonella Tagliaferri

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of General Medicine, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy

Loredana Pagano

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation University of Turin, Department of Medical Sciences, Turin, Italy

Massimo Scacchi

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of General Medicine, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy, University of Milan, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Milan, Italy

Gianluca Aimaretti

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Università del Piemonte Orientale, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara, Italy

Alessandro Sartorio

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of Metabolic Diseases, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Experimental Laboratory for Auxo-Endocrinological Research, Piancavallo, Verbania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.