About the Authors

Angelo Carpi

angelo.carpi@med.unipi.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Giuseppe Rossi

Affiliation CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pisa, Italy

Rossana Romani

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

Giancarlo Di Coscio

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

Andrea Nicolini

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Tommaso Simoncini

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Matteo Russo

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy

Jeffrey Mechanick

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the study and/or participated in data collection: AC AN TS RR GDC MR GR. Performed the statistical analysis: GR. Participated in data interpretation and discussion as well as writing the manuscript: JM MR.