1. Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Policlinico Universitario “G. Martino”, Via C. Valeria, 98121 Messina, Italy
2. Chair of the Gender Medicine, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
3. Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology of Diabetes and Chronic Diseases, Fondazione Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale 8/A, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
4. Gender Medicine Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria