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Correspondence: Ali A. Rizvi, arizvi4@emory.edu, Tel. +1-(404)-778-2064
Author contributions: Design of the study: M.R., D.N., G.L.V. and A.A.R.; methodology: M.R., R.V.G., D.N., C.C.C., G.C. and G.L.V.; validation: A.P.S., Y.B., A.A.R. and G.S.; statistical analysis: R.V.G., D.N. and A.M.-F.;
laboratory investigation: R.V.G., D.N., R.C., G.L.V., G.C. and C.C.C.; clinical investigation: M.R., A.M.P. and G.M.; data curation: R.V.G. and D.N.; writing—original draft preparation: M.R., D.N. and A.A.R.; writing—critical review and editing: R.V.G., A.P.S., Y.B. and G.S. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
We want to thank all the volunteers who participated in this study. A.M.F. participated in this study through an International PhD programme in collaboration with the University of Granada, under the FPU research fellowship program (Ministry of Education and Science, Spain).
The authors wish to thank Francisco Mesa from the University of Granada for valuable scientific support during the study.
Disclosures: The authors have given talks, attended conferences and participated in advisory boards and clinical trials sponsored by various pharmaceutical companies. Prof. Anca Pantea Stoian is currently the Vice President of the Romanian National Diabetes Committee.
Prof. Manfredi Rizzo is currently Chief Medical and Scientific Advisor, Diabetes, Novo Nordisk South East Europe, Middle East and Africa (SEEMEA). The authors declare no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.
This research received no external funding and was performed independently, using University research funds only. The authors did not receive financial or professional help with the preparation of the manuscript.
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