About the Authors

Otília C. d’Almeida

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

oalmeida@fmed.uc.pt (OCdA); mcbranco@fmed.uc.pt (MCB)

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, CiBIT, Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Ines R. Violante

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Bruno Quendera

Roles Investigation

Affiliation CiBIT, Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Carolina Moreno

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Coimbra University and Hospital Centre (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal

Leonor Gomes

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Coimbra University and Hospital Centre (CHUC), Coimbra, Portugal

Miguel Castelo-Branco

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

oalmeida@fmed.uc.pt (OCdA); mcbranco@fmed.uc.pt (MCB)

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, CiBIT, Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

Funding was received from EASD-SANOFI and INFARMED. EASD (European Society for the Study of Diabetes) received funding from SANOFI for independent grant attribution. INFARMED is a National Authority which sponsors research. Therefore this project was not directly sponsored by commercial companies.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.