Maksim, Rafał
Hempel, Dominika
Mojsak, Małgorzata
Śliwowska-Burzyńska, Justyna
Zuzda, Konrad
Gugnacki, Patryk
Sidorkiewicz, Iwona
Sierko, Ewa
Article History
Received: 16 October 2025
Accepted: 29 June 2026
First Online: 17 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and obtained approval from the Medical University in Bialystok, Poland, Institutional Review Board for ethical conduct, No. R-I-002/218/2016.
Consent to participate: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.