1 Endocrinology Unit, Clinical Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Service, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
2 Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
3 Operative Unit of Laboratory Medicine1-Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.
4 Cardiology University Department, Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milano, Italy.
5 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.