Wisniewski, Adriana http://orcid.org/0009-0002-8522-3870
DeLouize, Alicia M.
Walker, Tian
Chatterji, Somnath
Naidoo, Nirmala
Kowal, Paul
Snodgrass, J. Josh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tunisian Ministry of Health
World Health Organization
Laboratory of Epidemiology and Research on Cardiovascular diseases
Tunisian Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
National Office for the Family and Population
Article History
Received: 16 October 2023
Accepted: 29 June 2024
First Online: 20 July 2024
Declarations
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: The main ethical implications applicable to any form of medical research, stemming from the declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association were followed. The study protocol was approved by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization institutional review boards. The protocol was also approved by the Tunisian National Council of Statistics (Visa n ° 09-2015 of 10 November 2015) and by the National Council for the Protection of Personal Data (Authorization to Process health data N ° 185-01 / 16 of 06 May 2016). All participants took part in an informed consent process.
: This work has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis), it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and the publication has been approved by all co-authors.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.