Heyman, Eilon https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5557-6946
Chodick, Gabriel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5189-8995
Fallach, Noga
Dubnov-Raz, Gal
Article History
Received: 8 January 2025
Revised: 31 October 2025
Accepted: 17 November 2025
First Online: 29 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All data transferred from MHS study investigators was consisted of de-identified and anonymous information. The study was approved by the Maccabi Healthcare Service internal review board and met the exemption criteria for informed consent. This research study followed the STROBE (Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology) guidelines for cohort studies, and the corresponding checklist is included in the Supplementary Materials.