About the Authors

Carlo Giorda

giordaca@tin.it

Affiliation Metabolism and Diabetes Unit, ASL TO5, Regione Piemonte, Chieri, Italy

Roberta Picariello

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, ASL TO3, Regione Piemonte, Grugliasco, Italy

Elisa Nada

Affiliation Chaira Medica Association, Chieri, Italy

Barbara Tartaglino

Affiliation Chaira Medica Association, Chieri, Italy

Lisa Marafetti

Affiliation Metabolism and Diabetes Unit, ASL TO5, Regione Piemonte, Chieri, Italy

Giuseppe Costa

Affiliations Epidemiology Unit, ASL TO3, Regione Piemonte, Grugliasco, Italy, Department of Public Health, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Roberto Gnavi

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, ASL TO3, Regione Piemonte, Grugliasco, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG RG. Analyzed the data: CG RG RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG RG RP. Wrote the paper: CG RG RP LM EN BT GC.