Damigou, Evangelia https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2632-9376
Downs, Shauna M.
Chrysohoou, Christina
Barkas, Fotios
Tsioufis, Costas
Pitsavos, Christos
Liberopoulos, Evangelos
Sfikakis, Petros P.
Panagiotakos, Demosthenes https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8583-153X
Article History
Received: 3 July 2024
Revised: 29 January 2025
Accepted: 13 February 2025
First Online: 25 February 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The ATTICA study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1989) of the World Medical Association and was approved by the Institutional Ethics committee of Athens Medical School (#017/1.5.2001), and the Bioethics Committee of Harokopio University (#38/29.03.2022). All participants provided written consent to participate in the study.