2.3. Study Settings and Recruitments
This study was conducted at the Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, and the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Farhat-Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia. The participants were recruited across the Sousse governorate area between March 2021 and April 2022. Participants were recruited from different Tunisian regions through the personal contacts of interviewers and their relatives and by using direct approaches in public spaces. 