About the Authors

Peter Lommer Kristensen

pelk@hih.regionh.dk

Affiliations Endocrinology Section, Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark, Department of Internal Medicin O, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard

Affiliation Endocrinology Section, Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark

Troels Wesenberg Kjær

Affiliation Clinic of Neurophysiology, The Neuroscience Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Vidiendal Olsen

Affiliations Department of Neuroanaesthesia, The Neuroscience Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Flemming Dela

Affiliation Center for Health Aging, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Jens Juul Holst

Affiliation Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jens Faber

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicin O, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Lise Tarnow

Affiliation Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark

Birger Thorsteinsson

Affiliations Endocrinology Section, Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark, Department of Orthopaedics and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Selected appropriate subjects: PLK LT. Conceived and designed the experiments: PLK UP-B TWK NVO LT BT. Performed the experiments: PLK. Analyzed the data: PLK UP-B TWK BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NVO FD JJH JF. Wrote the paper: PLK UP-B TWK LT BT.