Sander, Christian
Ueck, Patrick
Mergl, Roland
Gordon, Gemma
Hegerl, Ulrich
Himmerich, Hubertus
Funding for this research was provided by:
Claussen-Simon-Stiftung (T082/17197/2007)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01EO1001)
Article History
Received: 5 September 2016
Accepted: 29 December 2016
First Online: 10 February 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was supported by the Integrated Research and Treatment Centre for Adiposity Diseases (IFB), University of Leipzig which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; Grant Number: 01EO1001), and the Claussen-Simon-Foundation (Grant Number: T082/17197/2007). The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
: All authors declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Local ethics committee approval (#015-10-18012009) and written informed consent from each patient and each healthy volunteer were obtained prior to the investigation. This article does not contain studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: Written informed consent from each patient and each healthy volunteer were obtained prior to the investigation.