Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%). BMI: body mass index.
Declarations
Author contributions
EAR: Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Data curation, Visualization. AAI: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft, Investigation, Writing—review & editing. OND: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision. ARK: Writing—review & editing, Supervision. OMD: Resources. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of Good Clinical Practice and the Declaration of Helsinki (version 2013). The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine (approval No. 04-05/23 dated September 18, 2023).
Consent to participate
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
Consent to publication
Informed consent to publication was obtained from relevant participants.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets for this manuscript are not publicly available due to ethical restrictions. Requests for accessing the datasets should be directed to Dr Olga N. Dzhioeva, Email: ODzhioeva@gnicpm.ru.
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