Ricceri, Fulvio
Favaro, Enrica
Catalano, Alberto
Gilcrease, Gregory Winston
Calabrese, Sara Claudia
Ferracin, Elisa
Di Cuonzo, Daniela
Macciotta, Alessandra
Dansero, Lucia
d’Errico, Angelo
Franco, Pierfrancesco
Numico, Gianmauro
Gnavi, Roberto
Costa, Giuseppe
Pagano, Eva
Sacerdote, Carlotta
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogrado
Article History
Received: 11 November 2025
Accepted: 20 January 2026
First Online: 29 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All analyses were conducted according to the World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. The Piedmont Longitudinal Study is included in the National Statistical Plan and does not need approval by the ethics committee. The EPIC study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of “Azienda Sanitaria” of Florence (protocol code 96/01, date of approval: 17 July 2001).