Strippoli, Elena http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7120-9205
Hughes, Amanda http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5896-7650
Sebastiani, Gabriella
Di Filippo, Paola
d’Errico, Angelo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-413X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Torino
University of Bristol
Article History
Received: 19 April 2021
Accepted: 19 September 2021
First Online: 11 October 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was performed using data of the project “IST-02566, Differenze di mortalità e di ospedalizzazione secondo lo stato di salute, gli stili di vita e il consumo di servizi sanitari”, called the Italian Longitudinal Study, that was included in the National Statistical Program and approved by the Italian Data Protection Authority. The project has been realized through an agreement between ISTAT, Italian Ministry of Health and the Piedmont Region, which are all public institutions.
: The study was conducted according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki for studies on humans. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: All authors are aware of and consent to publication of this manuscript.