Slapnik, Barbara
Črepinšek, Klementina
Debeljak, Maruša
Šket, Robert
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (Young Research Fellowship #56916)
The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (J3-70133)
The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (P3-0343)
The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (P3-0343)
Article History
Received: 22 April 2026
Accepted: 13 July 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics statement: The study protocols were approved by the National Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia (10/03/2015) and were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki with all amendments. All participants and/or their parents or legal guardians gave written informed consent before inclusion in the study.