Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
• ² Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
• ³ Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
• ⁴ Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
• ⁵ Tissue Bank of the National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany.
• ⁶ Leipzig University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
• ⁷ Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, German Diabetes Center (DZD), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
• ⁹ Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: ronald.biemann@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.