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Article History

Received: 14 November 2022

Revised: 20 February 2023

Accepted: 22 February 2023

First Online: 15 April 2023

Declarations

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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Professor Youssef Masharawi.

: 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.

: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.<b>Ethical approval</b>Institutional review board approval was obtained from the ethics committee of Tel-Aviv University and the ethics committee of Clalit Health Services whose database was used in this study and where the patients were recruited.

: • not applicable• cross-sectional study• performed at one institution