aDepartment of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens

bDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina

c1st Cardiology Department of Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens

dSecond Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Children's Hospital ‘P. & A. Kyriakou’, Athens

eCardiometabolic Center, Lipid Clinic, LA apheresis Unit, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens

f1st Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki

gCardiology Clinic, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion

h3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki

iDepartment of Internal Medicine, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki

jDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki

kDepartment of Endocrinology, Police Medical Centre, Thessaloniki

l2nd Propaedeutic Internal Medicine Department and Diabetes Research Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens

mCardiology Clinic, ‘Tzaneio’ General Hospital, Piraeus

nDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, C’ Pediatrics Clinic, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens

o1st Propaedeutic Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece

Correspondence to Dr Evangelos Liberopoulos, MD, Professor of Medicine-Metabolic Diseases, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1st Propaedeutic Department of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece Tel: +302132061794; fax: +302132061794; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Received 7 September, 2023

Revised 24 December, 2023

Accepted 1 March, 2024

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