Alahmadi, Lujain
Almasoud, Jude
Almojali, Abdullah
Alsuwairi, Wafaa
Alrasheed, Abdulrahman
Al-Mayouf, Sulaiman
Alkhars, Fatimah
Alenazi, Abdullatif
Alenazi, Sarah
Asiri, Abdurhman
Alwakeel, Deena
Bakry, Reima
Alsufyani, Khayriah
Aldibasi, Omar
Alsalman, Mohammed
Alqanatish, Jubran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6467-6972
Article History
Received: 19 July 2025
Accepted: 20 September 2025
First Online: 17 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was initially approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), (IRB approval No. NRC21/34/08). Then, further approvals have also been obtained from other recruiting centers. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the IRB of KAIMRC owing to the retrospective nature of the study and the use of anonymized data. Patient confidentiality was maintained throughout the study.
: All authors reviewed the manuscript and agreed on the publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.