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Title of Supplementary Material:
Supplementary material associated with the manuscript

Description:
This material contains the supplementary files related to the results presented in the manuscript.

Files included:

* Table_S1.xlsx: supplementary results from the descriptive analysis.
* Table_S2.xlsx: results from the additional statistical analysis.
* Data_S1.csv: dataset used for the analyses.
* Code_S1.R: script used for data processing and analysis.

Data description:

* ID: record identifier.
* Age: age in years.
* Group: study group.
* Outcome: main variable analyzed.

Required software:
R version 4.4 or later and Microsoft Excel or compatible software.

Notes:
The data have been anonymized, and the file names correspond to the references used in the manuscript.