Kostarellou, Panayiota https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8408-2366
Anastasiou, Costas A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3536-3034
Karaglani, Eva
Iotova, Violeta
Usheva, Natalya
Tankova, Tsvetalina
Rurik, Imre
Liatis, Stavros
Legarre, Natalia Giménez
Moreno, Luis A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-653X
Lindstrom, Jaana
Wikström, Katja
Cardon, Greet
Makrilakis, Konstantinos
Manios, Yannis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6486-114X
,
Schwarz, Peter
Annemans, Lieven
Ko, Winne
Karatzi, Kalliopi
Androutsos, Odysseas
Moschonis, George
Kanellakis, Spyridon
Mavrogianni, Christina
Tsoutsoulopoulou, Konstantina
Katsarou, Christina
Qira, Irini
Skoufas, Efstathios
Maragkopoulou, Konstantina
Tsiafitsa, Antigone
Sotiropoulou, Irini
Tsolakos, Michalis
Argyri, Effie
Nikolaou, Mary
Vampouli, Eleni-Anna
Filippou, Christina
Apergi, Kyriaki
Filippou, Amalia
Katerina, Gatsiou
Dimitriadis, Efstratios
Laatikainen, Tiina
Kivelä, Jemina
Valve, Päivi
Levälahti, Esko
Virtanen, Eeva
Pennanen, Tiina
Olli, Seija
Nelimarkka, Karoliina
Van Stappen, Vicky
Huys, Nele
Willems, Ruben
Shadid, Samyah
Timpel, Patrick
Dafoulas, George
Lambrinou, Christina-Paulina
Giannopoulou, Angeliki
Karuranga, Ernest
Civeira, Fernando
Bueno, Gloria
De Miguel-Etayo, Pilar
Gonzalez-Gil, Esther Mª
Miguel-Berges, María L.
Giménez-Legarre, Natalia
Flores-Barrantes, Paloma
Ayala-Marín, Alelí M.
Seral-Cortés, Miguel
Baila-Rueda, Lucia
Cenarro, Ana
Jarauta, Estíbaliz
Mateo-Gallego, Rocío
Tsochev, Kaloyan
Chakarova, Nevena
Galcheva, Sonya
Dimova, Rumyana
Bocheva, Yana
Radkova, Zhaneta
Marinova, Vanya
Bazdarska, Yuliya
Stefanova, Tanya
Ungvari, Timea
Jancsó, Zoltán
Nánási, Anna
Kolozsvári, László
Semánova, Csilla
Bíró, Éva
Antal, Emese
Radó, Sándorné
Martinez, Remberto
Tong, Marcos
Funding for this research was provided by:
EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708, 643708)
Article History
Received: 30 July 2024
Revised: 19 November 2024
Accepted: 16 January 2025
First Online: 25 January 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted conforming to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all procedures involving human subjects were granted approval by the human bioethics committees of all of the participating tertiary institutions [Medical Ethics Committee of the Ghent University Hospital, Belgium (Ethical Approval (EA) No.: B670201524237; 21/04/15); Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria (EA No.: 52/10-3-2016; 10/03/16) and the Municipalities of Sofia and Varna, as well as the Ministry of Education and Science local representatives; Hospital district of Southwest Finland ethical committee (EA: No.: 174/1801/2015; 13/03/15); Bioethics Committee of Harokopio University, Greece and the Greek Ministry of Education; (EA No.: 46/3-4-2015; 03/04/15); National Committee for Scientific Research in Medicine, Hungary (EA No.: 20095/2016/EKU; 29/03/16); Clinical Research Ethics Committee and the Department of Consumers´ Health of the Government of Aragón, Spain (EA No.: CP03/2016; 08/04/15)]. All participants gave signed informed consent before inclusion into the study.