Verdan, Sarah https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2012-5793
Torri, Giovanni B.
Marcos, Vinícius Neves
Moreira, Maria Helena Silva
Defante, Maria Luiza R.
Fagundes, Marília da Cruz
de Barros, Emanuela Mendes Junqueira
Dias, Adriano B.
Shen, Luyao
Altmayer, Stephan
Article History
Received: 27 January 2025
Revised: 6 March 2025
Accepted: 5 April 2025
First Online: 9 May 2025
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Sarah Verdan.
: 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, Dr. Stephan Altmayer, has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because it is a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published data.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because this study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published data. All included studies had already obtained ethical approval from their respective institutional review boards, as stated in their original publications.
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in the original studies included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. Any potential overlap was carefully assessed to ensure that duplicate data did not bias the results.
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