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Acquisition of data: Baroncini LAV, Baroncini CV, Leal JF. Analysis and interpretation of the data: Baroncini LAV, Baroncini CV, Leal JF. Statistical analysis: Baroncini LAV. Writing of the manuscript: Baroncini LAV. Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Baroncini LAV, Baroncini CV, Leal JF. Supervision / as the major investigador: Baroncini LAV. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This study is not associated with any thesis or dissertation work. Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital do Trabalhador / SES / PR under the protocol number 57759416.5.000.5225. All the procedures in this study were in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.