Funding source: Conseil de recherche de l’Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut
Award Identifier / Grant number: FM406
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Research funding: This work was supported by a grant of the “Conseil de recherche de l’Université Saint-Joseph” FM406, Beirut.
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Author Contributions: AA, CS and CCC has performed the recruitment of volunteers and has contributed to the redaction of the manuscript, GS perform the statistical analysis. EN contributed to the redaction of the manuscript. MGH reviewed the manuscript and MHGY has conceived and designed the study, and wrote the manuscript. All the authors approved the final version of the paper. All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Ethical approval: The study had the approval of the ethics committee of Hôtel-Dieu de France hospital (CEHDF1524).
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Data availability: The data that support the findings of this study are available upon request from the corresponding author.
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