About the Authors

Nicola Napoli

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Rocky Strollo

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, Bone & Joint Research Unit, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Dario Pitocco

Affiliation Diabetology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Carla Bizzarri

Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetes, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy

Ernesto Maddaloni

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Daria Maggi

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Silvia Manfrini

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Ann Schwartz

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Paolo Pozzilli

p.pozzilli@unicampus.it

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, Centre for Diabetes, The Blizard Building, Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

on behalf of I.M.D.I.A.B. Group

Membership of the IMDIAB Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PP. Analyzed the data: NN RS CB DP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB DP DM SM AS. Wrote the paper: NN RS EM.