Vaičiulis, Vidmantas
Radišauskas, Ričardas
Meščeriakova, Olga
Kalinienė, Gintarė
Valiukas, Donatas
Seiduanova, Laura
Abikulova, Akmaral
Venclovienė, Jonė
Funding for this research was provided by:
HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
Article History
Received: 19 June 2024
Accepted: 6 November 2025
First Online: 15 December 2025
Declarations
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: The Lithuanian Bioethics Committee has confirmed that mortality data is not subject to the requirements of the Law on the Ethics of Biomedical Research in Lithuania (certificate No. 6B-20-241; date 2020-10-02); also, the same Committee waived the informed consent requirement for this study according to the Law on the Ethics of Biomedical Research in Lithuania (No. VIII-1679; date 2000-05-11 d.). The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.