About the Authors

Elisabetta Bacchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabetta Bacchi, Carlo Negri

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

Carlo Negri

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabetta Bacchi, Carlo Negri

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

Maddalena Trombetta

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

Maria Elisabetta Zanolin

Affiliation Section of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Massimo Lanza

Affiliation Section of Motor Sciences, Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Enzo Bonora

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

Paolo Moghetti

paolo.moghetti@univr.it

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

Please note that Enzo Bonora, co-author of the manuscript, is no longer a member of the Editorial Board of the journal. Therefore we do not think it is necessary to make any specific statement on his role. However, we are willing to declare that this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: E. Bacchi CN ML PM. Performed the experiments: E. Bacchi CN MT. Analyzed the data: E. Bacchi CN MEZ PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CN MT. Wrote the paper: E. Bacchi CN PM. Interpreted the data: E. Bacchi CN E. Bonora PM. Revised the paper critically for important intellectual content: MT MEZ ML E. Bonora.