Anyfanti, Panagiota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-4629
Antza, Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5164-7435
Karlafti, Eleni
Chovarda, Eleni
Triantafyllou, Konstantinos
Styliadis, Georgios
Gkaliagkousi, Eugenia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6324-2475
Kotsis, Vasilios
Article History
Received: 4 August 2025
Revised: 7 November 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 28 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved from Institutional Review Board of Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece (protocol code 392/17-12-24, date of approval 17 December 2024). Informed consent was obtained from all participants. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.