Article History
Received: 17 March 2020
Revised: 16 July 2020
Accepted: 14 August 2020
First Online: 26 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Ali Al-Radaideh (The Hashemite University, Jordan).
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in Al-Radaideh et al 2019, Reference No. [CitationRef removed] in the manuscript.
: • prospective• case-control study• performed at one institution