FR: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. VS, RSF, PR, CC, and MA: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. 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 has been approved on June 29, 2021, by Ethical Committee ULSS3 Serenissima Regione Veneto, prot. 05–08.
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 raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.
Funding
The study was funded by un unrestricted grant of Banca Ifis Venezia-Mestre [01-2023]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, the decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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