Del Brutto, Oscar H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-8805
Mera, Robertino M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1701-560X
Recalde, Bettsy Y. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-6328
Rumbea, Denisse A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8257-7572
Sedler, Mark J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4044-7558
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo
Article History
Received: 12 September 2022
Accepted: 12 January 2023
First Online: 25 January 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing conflicts of interest to disclose.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital-Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil (FWA 00030727). All participants gave signed informed consent, including permission to use their data for research purposes.