About the Authors

Denise A. Sortica

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise A. Sortica, Daisy Crispim, Andrea C. Bauer, Roberto C. Manfro, Luis H. Canani

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

Affiliations Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Daisy Crispim

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise A. Sortica, Daisy Crispim, Andrea C. Bauer, Roberto C. Manfro, Luis H. Canani

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

Affiliations Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Andrea C. Bauer

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise A. Sortica, Daisy Crispim, Andrea C. Bauer, Roberto C. Manfro, Luis H. Canani

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

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Division of Nephrology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pamela S. Nique

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bruna B. Nicoletto

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Life Science Knowledge Area, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Nutrition Course, Área do Conhecimento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Ricieli P. Crestani

Roles Investigation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Jennifer T. Staehler

Roles Investigation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Roberto C. Manfro

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise A. Sortica, Daisy Crispim, Andrea C. Bauer, Roberto C. Manfro, Luis H. Canani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Luis H. Canani

Contributed equally to this work with: Denise A. Sortica, Daisy Crispim, Andrea C. Bauer, Roberto C. Manfro, Luis H. Canani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

lcanani@hcpa.edu.br

Affiliations Endocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.