About the Authors

Maria Luisa Mansego

Affiliations Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Fundación de Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas “CIBERDEM”, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Fernando Martínez

Affiliations Fundación de Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia- INCLIVA; Hypertension Clinic, Hospital Clínico Universitario, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Fisiopatología, Obesidad y Nutrición [CIBEROB (CIBER 03/06)], Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Maria Teresa Martínez-Larrad

Affiliations Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Department of Internal Medicine II, Plaza Cristo Rey, Madrid, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Carina Zabena

Affiliations Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Department of Internal Medicine II, Plaza Cristo Rey, Madrid, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Gemma Rojo

Affiliations Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Málaga, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Sonsoles Morcillo

Affiliations Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Málaga, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Federico Soriguer

Affiliations Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Málaga, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Juan Carlos Martín-Escudero

Affiliation Internal Medicine department. Hospital Rio Hortega, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Manuel Serrano-Ríos

Affiliations Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Department of Internal Medicine II, Plaza Cristo Rey, Madrid, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Josep Redon

josep.redon@uv.es

Affiliations Fundación de Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia- INCLIVA; Hypertension Clinic, Hospital Clínico Universitario, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Fisiopatología, Obesidad y Nutrición [CIBEROB (CIBER 03/06)], Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Felipe Javier Chaves

Affiliations Genotyping and Genetic Diagnosis Unit, Fundación de Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas “CIBERDEM”, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLM JR FJC FM GR SM FS JCM MTM CZ MS. Performed the experiments: MLM FJC FM. Analyzed the data: MLM FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLM FJC. Wrote the paper: MLM FJC JR FM FS JCM MS GR SM MTM CZ.