Theron, Isabella J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3514-6937
Mason, Shayne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2945-5768
van Reenen, Mari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-3258
Stander, Zinandré http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-5112
Kleynhans, LĂ©anie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-253X
Ronacher, Katharina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-125X
Loots, Du Toit http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0339-6237
Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
Article History
Received: 27 February 2024
Accepted: 2 May 2024
First Online: 11 May 2024
Declarations
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: For the ALERT study, participants signed an informed consent form that had been previously approved by the Stellenbosch University Health Research Ethics Committee (N13/05/064A), while approval for the metabolomics investigation was obtained from the North-West University Health Research Ethics Committee (ethics number: NWU- 00336-21-S1).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest, and that the work and drafted manuscript are unpublished and have not been submitted for publication in any other journal.