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Received: 14 April 2023

Accepted: 31 July 2023

First Online: 11 August 2023

Declarations

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

: This Research involving human participants has been performed in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, as revised in 2013. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences [IR.AJUMS.REC.1400.242]. Written Informed Consent was obtained from all the participants. After the submission of the preliminary proposal, necessary permission for sample collection was granted. The study was accepted by the Imam Khomeini hospital data protection authority. After having read the information letter concerning the study, all respondents were asked for written consent to participate. We emphasized that participation was voluntary and that patients could withdraw from the research at any time. In addition, All procedures involving human participants have been confirming that an identified individual has provided written consent for the use of that information. In this study, the personal information of the patients, such as name, surname, ethnicity, and personal numbers, and any information that the patient did not agree to be published, was excluded from the study.

: Not applicable.

: Informed consent was obtained from all the participants included in this study.