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Authors
Vilaltella, Magí
Cid-Bertomeu, Pau
Serés-Noriega, Tonet
Huerva, Valentín
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitat de Lleida
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Article History
Received: 23 March 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2025
First Online: 25 June 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study received institutional ethical approval from the Ethics Committee of Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova (HUAV), Lleida, Spain (reference number CEIC-2282). All procedures were carried out in accordance with established ethical standards and the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the Ethics Committee of Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova (Comité de Ética de Investigación del Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida de la Gerència Territorial de Lleida-GSS) waived the requirement for informed consent. Many of the individuals included had passed away or could not be contacted during the data collection phase. Moreover, the manuscript does not contain any personal or identifiable information about the participants. For these reasons, informed consent was not deemed necessary by the Ethics Committee.
: Not applicable. The paper includes no data that could be used to identify individual participants.
