About the Authors

Giovanni Targher

giovanni.targher@univr.it

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

Filippo Valbusa

Affiliation Division of General Medicine, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy

Stefano Bonapace

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy

Lorenzo Bertolini

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy

Luciano Zenari

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy

Stefano Rodella

Affiliation Division of Radiology, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy

Giacomo Zoppini

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy

William Mantovani

Affiliations Section of Hygiene and Preventive, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Department of Prevention, Public Health Trust, Trento, Italy

Enrico Barbieri

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, “Sacro Cuore” Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy

Christopher D. Byrne

Affiliations Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT FV SB GZ CDB. Performed the experiments: GT FV SB LB LZ SR WM EB. Analyzed the data: GT WM GZ CDB. Wrote the paper: GT GZ CDB.