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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. (1) Significant contribution to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting or revising the article for intellectual content; (3) final approval of the published article; and (4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the article thus ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the article are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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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: In accordance with the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration (rev. 2013).
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