Lopeta, Mantvydas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8674-8989
Paliksa, Sigitas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3638-4216
Belevicius, Jonas
Ukanis, Mindaugas
Kasiliauskiene, Laura
Dziuge, Laura
Zutautaite-Varela, Ingrida
Barisiene, Marija https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0745-5708
Bakavicius, Arnas
Mickevicius, Ramunas
Zykus, Arvydas
Ulys, Albertas
Juodele, Linas
Jankevicius, Feliksas
Jievaltas, Mindaugas
Gagilas, Julius https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6483-1645
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
European Union Funds (J05-LVPA-K-01-0032)
Article History
Received: 27 January 2026
Accepted: 1 April 2026
First Online: 13 April 2026
Declarations
:
: M. Lopeta, S. Paliksa, and J. Belevicius are employees of JSC Diagnolita. M. Ukanis, L. Kasiliauskiene, L. Dziuge, I. Zutautaite-Varela, and J. Gagilas are former employees of JSC Diagnolita. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Biomedical research protocol No. 2015-PVD was approved by the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee, approval No. L-15-06/1.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.