Paolillo, Fernanda Rossi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1700-3852
Borghi-Silva, Audrey
Arena, Ross
Parizotto, Nivaldo Antonio
de Castro Neto, Jarbas Caiado
Kurachi, Cristina
Bagnato, Vanderlei Salvador
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (88887.302709/2018-00)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2013/14001-9, 2013/07276-1)
Article History
Received: 8 August 2019
Accepted: 26 November 2019
First Online: 3 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The current longitudinal, randomized controlled trial was approved by the National Ethics Committee of Ministry of Health in Brasilia, Brazil (approval no. 688/2009) and by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in São Carlos, Brazil (approval no. 262/2009). The study was also registered with NIH Clinical Trials (NCT01610232). All subjects signed a written informed consent before participation in the study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.