About the Authors

Arturo Gonzalez-Quintela

arturo.gonzalez.quintela@usc.es

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Manuela Alonso

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Joaquin Campos

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Luis Vizcaino

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Lourdes Loidi

Affiliation Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Francisco Gude

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGQ FG. Performed the experiments: MA LV LL JC. Analyzed the data: AGQ FG. Wrote the paper: AGQ JC MA.