About the Authors

Cristina Carra Forte

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cristinacarraforte@gmail.com

Affiliations Post-graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Faculdade de Medicina, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Elis Forcellini Pedrollo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Post-graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Faculdade de Medicina, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Bruna Bellincanta Nicoletto

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Life Science Knowledge Area, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Jéssica Blatt Lopes

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nutrition Graduate Course, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Roberto Ceratti Manfro

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Post-graduate in Medicine: Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Division of Nephrology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Gabriela Corrêa Souza

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

Affiliations Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Division of Nutrition, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Cristiane Bauermann Leitão

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Post-graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Faculdade de Medicina, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Division of Endocrinology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors report no conflict of interests. The manuscript represents original work that is not being considered or has been accepted for publication elsewhere.