About the Authors

Antonio Palazón-Bru

antonio.pb23@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

Vicente F. Gil-Guillén

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

Domingo Orozco-Beltrán

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

Vicente Pallarés-Carratalá

Affiliations Health Surveillance Department, Mutual Society of Castellón, Castellón, Spain, Department of Medicine, Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain

Francisco Valls-Roca

Affiliation Health Center of Benigánim, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

Carlos Sanchís-Domenech

Affiliation Health Center of Algemesí, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

José M. Martín-Moreno

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Josep Redón

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Jorge Navarro-Pérez

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Antonio Fernández-Giménez

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

Ana M. Pérez-Navarro

Affiliation Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO), Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

José L. Trillo

Affiliation Conselleria de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

Ruth Usó

Affiliation Conselleria de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

Elías Ruiz

Affiliation Conselleria de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors received funding in the form of a nonprofit research grant from the pharmaceutical industry (specifically: Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Almirall, Bayer, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi-Aventis). 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: AP VFG DO VP FV CS JMM JR JN AF AMP JLT RU ER. Performed the experiments: AP VFG AF. Analyzed the data: AP VFG AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP VFG AF. Wrote the paper: AP VFG. Review of the final manuscript: AP VFG DO VP FV CS JMM JR JN AF AMP JLT RU ER.