1Department of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
2Doctoral School, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
3Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4Medical Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
5Department of Training and Studies, Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman
6Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medical University of Lodz (MUL), Lodz, Poland
7Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI), Lodz, Poland
8Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland
9Department of Biochemistry, Mohamed Bin Rashid University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy
11Clinic of Endocrinology, Ankara Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
12Unit of Cardiology, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
13Unit of Research and International Cooperation, University Hospital of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
14Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (Bind), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
15Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
16Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
17Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital and Bride, Karnal, India
18Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
19Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC Australia
20Department of Medicine and Oncology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
21The Research Institute, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
22Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research, University Hospital, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), London, UK
24Dental Institute, Periodontology Unit, Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, King’s College London, London, UK
25Diabetes Center, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
26Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
27Department of Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL USA
28Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
29Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sci-Ences, Mashhad, Iran
30Department of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
31Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
32Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
33Cicarrone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medi-Cine, Baltimore, MD USA
34Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, India
35Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (ProMise), School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy