Ribatti, Raffaella Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-0123
de Gennaro, Luciana https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9572-7630
Daponte, Alessia https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1677-8333
Cozzoli, Danilo
Quaranta, Maria Rita
Ostuni, Angelo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8391-7938
Casanova, Margherita
Ariano, Vincenza
Leone, Vincenzo
Perrone, Francesco
Bona, Salvatore Della
Lacalamita, Angela
De Fazio, Salvatore
Lorusso, Daniela
Metspalu, Mait https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3099-9161
Torroni, Antonio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4163-4478
Olivieri, Anna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3941-8098
Capelli, Cristian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9348-9084
Antonacci, Francesca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-6186
Catacchio, Claudia Rita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2166-723X
Ventura, Mario https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-8777
Montinaro, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-963X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (PE0000006, H93C20000040001, PE0000006, H53D23003310006)
Fondazione CON IL SUD (2018-PDR-01136)
Article History
Received: 19 September 2024
Accepted: 2 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Department of Brindisi (CE 149/19), Taranto (CE 150/19), Bari (CE 0019544), and Lecce (CE 47/2020), in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was secured from all participants before enrolment, with explicit disclosure of their right to opt out without specifying a reason.
: The authors declare no competing interests.