About the Authors

Piero Ruscitti

pieroruscitti@live.com

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Paola Cipriani

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Francesco Masedu

Affiliation Division of Medical Statistic Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Silvio Romano

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Onorina Berardicurti

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Vasiliki Liakouli

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Francesco Carubbi

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Paola Di Benedetto

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Saverio Alvaro

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Maria Penco

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Marco Valenti

Affiliation Division of Medical Statistic Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Roberto Giacomelli

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG. Data curation: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG. Formal analysis: PR FM MV RG. Investigation: PR PC OB VL FC PDB SA RG. Methodology: PR PC FM MV RG. Project administration: PR PC RG. Resources: PR PC OB VL FC PDB SA RG. Software: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG. Supervision: PR FM SR MP MV RG. Validation: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG. Visualization: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG. Writing – original draft: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG. Writing – review & editing: PR PC FM SR OB VL FC PDB SA MP MV RG.