Author contributions
The authors’ responsibilities were as follows—MK, LD, MWM: designed and conducted the research; SMGB: analyzed the data, performed the statistical analysis, and wrote the first draft of the paper; CK, TAS, IK: supervised; PMU, AM: analyzed the blood samples; CK, IK, AM, PMU, SNS, LD, MK, TAS, MWM: contributed to the critical revision of the manuscript; and all authors: read and approved the final manuscript.