About the Authors

Ferruh Artunc

ferruh.artunc@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Christian Mueller

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Tobias Breidthardt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Raphael Twerenbold

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Andreas Peter

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Claus Thamer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Peter Weyrich

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Hans-Ulrich Haering

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Bjoern Friedrich

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Disease, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany, Dialysis Center, Leonberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA BF. Analyzed the data: HUH TB RT CT PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP. Wrote the paper: FA BF CM.