Luštrek, Manca http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4132-4592
Cesar, Zala http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1116-0451
Suljič, Alen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4596-7931
Kogoj, Rok http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8999-4923
Knap, Nataša http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8068-7302
Virant, Monika Jevšnik http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1754-8964
Uršič, Tina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5621-7167
Petrovec, Miroslav http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-7786
Avšič-Županc, Tatjana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-0688
Korva, Miša http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-1004
Article History
Received: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 30 May 2024
First Online: 5 June 2024
Declarations
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: The study protocol conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki, Oviedo Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, and Slovenian Code on Medical Deontology, and it was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia (consent number 0120–211/2020/7). All data used were linked to randomized numerical codes only. Patient consent was waived due to no additional sample collections and anonymization of patients.
: All authors have read the final version of the manuscript and agree to the publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.