Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases

(An International Journal on Diabetes, Atherosclerosis and Human Nutrition)

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Diabetology (SID), the Italian Society for the Study of
Atherosclerosis (SISA) and the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU)

Editor-in-Chief: F. Galletti, Naples, Italy

Co-Editors: G. Targher, Verona, Italy A. Zambon, Padua, Italy

Executive Editor: A. Siani, Avellino, Italy

Associate Editors Emeritus Editors
J. Bella, New York, USA A. Giaccari, Roma, Italy G. Assmann, Munster, Germany
C. Borghi, Bologna, Italy G. Iacomino, Avellino, Italy P. Brunetti, Perugia, Italy
L. Bozzetto, Naples, Italy M. Hribal, Catanzaro, Italy †M. Mancini, Naples, Italy

A. Campanozzi, Foggia, Italy R. Lupoli, Naples, Italy G. Riccardi, Naples, Italy

M. Casula, Milan, Italy A. Maloberti, Milan, Italy P. Rubba, Naples, Italy
A.B. Cefalù, Palermo, Italy A. Mantovani, Verona, Italy †J. Stamler, Chicago, IL, USA

G. Chiesa, Milan, Italy A. Naska, Athens, Greece †Y. Stein, Jerusalem, Israel

L. D’Erasmo, Rome, Italy D. Noto, Palermo, Italy P. Strazzullo, Naples, Italy

G.B. Desideri, L’Aquila, Italy S. Piro, Catania, Italy
L. D’Elia, Naples, Italy R. Pontremoli, Genova, Italy Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief
M.D. Di Taranto, Naples, Italy P. Russo, Avellino, Italy M. Averna, Palermo, Italy
S. Frontoni, Rome, Italy S. Stranges, London, ON, Canada
EDITORIAL BOARD
HUMAN NUTRITION HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
C. Agnoli, Milan F. Sofi, Florence, Italy F. Angelico, Rome, Italy
M.L. Bonaccio, Pozzilli, Italy J. Tur, Palma de Mallorca, Spain F. Bernini, Parma, Italy
G. Costabile, Naples, Italy E. Verduci, Milano, Italy L. Calabresi, Milan, Italy
J-P Drouin-Chartier, Québec, Canada F. Visioli, Padova, Italy A. Cesaro, Naples, Italy
R. Giacco, Avellino, Italy F. Cipollone, Chieti, Italy
A. Hodge, Melbourne, Australia A. Iannuzzi, Naples, Italy
E.K. Kabagambe, Nashville, TN, USA G. Iannuzzo, Naples, Italy
F. Lauria, Avellino, Italy G. Mandraffino, Messina, Italy
S. Lennon, Newark, DE, USA M. Maranghi, Rome, Italy
D. Meyre, Hamilton, ON, Canada L. Masana, Reus, Spain
D. Molnar, Pécs, Hungary M.L. Morieri, Ferrara, Italy
L.A. Moreno, Zaragoza, Spain G. Norata, Milan, Italy
L. O'Connor, Beltsville, MD, USA A. Ossoli, Milan, Italy
J. Salas-Salvadò, Tarragona, Spain K. Parhofer, Munchen, Germany
Y. Sanz, Valencia, Spain D. Pastori, Rome
L. Scalfi, Naples, Italy A. Pujia, Catanzaro, Italy
F. Scazzina, Parma, Italy G.B. Vigna, Ferrara, Italy

DIABETES AND METABOLISM HYPERTENSION/CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

D. Accili, New York, NY, USA A. Natali, Pisa, Italy P. Barter, Adelaide, Australia
I. Barchetta, Rome, Italy S. Prudente, Rome, Italy S. Cocozza, Naples, Italy
R.C. Bonadonna, Parma, Italy A.A. Rivellese, Naples, Italy M.N.D. Di Minno, Naples, Italy
B.M. Bonora, Padova, Italy C.K. Roberts, Los Angeles, CA, USA P.M. Ferraro, Rome, Italy
C. Byrne, Southampton, UK A. Solini, Pisa, Italy C. Ferri, L’Aquila, Italy
S. Ciardullo, Monza, Italy V. Sordi, Milan, Italy M. Masulli, Naples, Italy
G. Daniele, Pisa, Italy A. Vaag, Copenhagen, Denmark A. Mengozzi, Pisa, Italy
I. Dicembrini, Florence, Italy F. Zaccardi, Leicester, UK V.L. Murthy, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
A. Dei Cas, Parma, Italy D. Panagiotakos, Athens, Greece
R. Di Paola, S.Giovanni Rotondo, Italy G.F. Parati, Milan, Italy
A. Di Pino, Catania, Italy D. Rendina, Naples, Italy
M. Donath, Basel, Switzerland L. Sechi, Udine, Italy
T.V. Fiorentino, Catanzaro, Italy V. Tikhonoff, Padova, Italy
L. Gnudi, London, UK A. Tufano, Naples, Italy
S.E. Inzucchi, New Haven, CT, USA K.T. Weber, Memphis, TN, USA
T. Mezza, Rome, Italy A. Zittermann,Bad Oeynhausen,Germany
Statistical Consultant: A. Di Castelnuovo, Pozzilli, Italy
Editorial Assistants: R. Scala, Federico II University, Naples, Italy (nmcd@unina.it)
S. Rotunno, Rome, Italy (serena.rotunno@gmail.com)