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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: 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 research involving human subjects complied with all relevant national regulations and institutional policies, in accordance with the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration (as revised in 2013), and has been approved by the Review Board of the University Center of Pato Branco (5.053.085 in 2021).
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