Chaaya, Monique
Abdulrahim, Sawsan
El Sammak, Aya
Abi Nassif, Alexandra
Kabalan, Mayssan
Charbaji, Suzanne
Arkhondis, Patricia
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Ghattas, Hala
Elbejjani, Martine
Conrad, Fredrick
McCall, Stephen J.
Nishimura, Raphael
Sibai, Abla M.
de Leon Mendes, Carlos F.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Aging (R01AG069016)
Article History
Received: 14 April 2026
Accepted: 15 July 2026
First Online: 22 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study adhered to the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki to ensure responsible research conduct and received approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the American University of Beirut (BIO-2023–0093). All eligible participants provided signed informed consent.Clinical trial number: not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.