1. Diabetes Unit and Internal Medicine C (I.H.-B.), Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel
2. Medical Department III (M.B., N.K., M.S.), University of Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
3. Pathology Institute (H.R., N.S.-V.), Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel
4. The National Institute of Biotechnology in The Negev (S.O.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84103, Israel
5. The Department of Clinical Biochemistry (S.O., N.B., A.R.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84103, Israel
6. Surgery Department A (E.A.), Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel
7. Department of Epidemiology (I.S.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84103, Israel
8. the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Health and Nutrition (I.S., A.R.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84103, Israel