About the Authors

Christoforos D. Giannaki

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Centre for Research and Technology –Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece, Department of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Giorgos K. Sakkas

gsakkas@med.uth.gr

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Centre for Research and Technology –Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Christina Karatzaferi

Affiliations Department of Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, Centre for Research and Technology –Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Centre for Research and Technology –Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Eleftherios Lavdas

Affiliation Department of Medical Radiological Technologists, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Athens, Attika, Greece

Vassilios Liakopoulos

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Nikolaos Tsianas

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Trikala, Trikala, Thessaly Greece

Georgios N. Koukoulis

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Yiannis Koutedakis

Affiliations Department of Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, Centre for Research and Technology –Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Ioannis Stefanidis

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, Centre for Research and Technology –Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDG GKS GMH YK IS. Performed the experiments: CDG GKS CK GMH EL YK NT GNK. Analyzed the data: CDG GKS CK GMH EL VL NT GNK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK EL VL IS. Wrote the paper: CDG GKS CK GMH EL VL YK IS.