Chwialkowska, Karolina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-8959
Niemira, Magdalena
Zeller, Anna
Ostrowska, Agnieszka
Michalska-Falkowska, Anna
Reszec-Gielazyn, Joanna
Kozlowski, Miroslaw
Mroz, Robert
Naumnik, Wojciech
Sierko, Ewa
Gajdanowicz, Pawel
Niklinski, Jacek
Moniuszko, Marcin
Kretowski, Adam
Kwasniewski, Miroslaw
Article History
Received: 3 November 2025
Accepted: 21 February 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles for medical research involving the human subject and was approved by the local ethics committee of the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland (approval number: R-I-002/36/2014). Written, informed consent was obtained from all study participants.
: Consent for publication is not applicable. This manuscript contains only anonymized, aggregate data, and no individual patient-identifiable information is included.
: The authors declare no competing interests.