Sammallahti, Heidelinde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-4116
Rezasoltani, Sama https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5592-3839
Pekkala, Satu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-0813
Kokkola, Arto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-0666
Asadzadeh Agdaei, Hamid https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5589-8856
Azizmohammad Looha, Mehdi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0700-1431
Ghanbari, Reza https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7584
Zamani, Farhad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-3412
Sadeghi, Amir https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9580-2676
Sarhadi, Virinder Kaur https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2503-8198
Tiirola, Marja https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5589-3748
Puolakkainen, Pauli https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2489-4371
Knuutila, Sakari
Funding for this research was provided by:
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri
Research Council of Finland (349264)
University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 14 October 2024
Accepted: 26 March 2025
First Online: 16 April 2025
Change Date: 23 May 2025
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The typo in the author name was corrected.
Change Date: 23 May 2025
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-025-00710-7
Declarations
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: Positive ethical statements (HUS/1763/2020 and IR.SBMU.RIGLD.REC.1398.039) for this study were granted by the Ethical Review Board of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS), Finland, and the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and the Ethics Committee of Taleghani Hospital, Tehran, Iran, respectively. All patients and controls gave their informed consent to participate in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.