About the Authors

Elisa Waldmann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Liya Wu

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Oncology and Endocrinology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Kristina Busygina

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Julia Altenhofer

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

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Kerstin Henze

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Alexander Folwaczny

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Klaus G. Parhofer

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

klaus.parhofer@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Medical Department IV, LMU Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KGP has received research funding and/or honoraria for consultancy and/or speaker’s bureau and/or DMC activity from: Akcea, Amarin, Amgen, Berlin-Chemie, Biomarin, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Dr. Schär, Daiichi-Sankyo, MSD, Novartis, Regeneron, Sanofi, and Silence Therapeutics. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EW, LW, KB, KH, JA and AF have nothing to declare.