About the Authors

Janina Petkeviciene

janpet@vector.kmu.lt

Affiliation Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Alina Smalinskiene

Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Dalia Ieva Luksiene

Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Kristina Jureniene

Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Vitalija Ramazauskiene

Affiliation Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Jurate Klumbiene

Affiliation Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Vaiva Lesauskaite

Affiliation Institute of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP JK VL. Performed the experiments: AS DIL VR. Analyzed the data: KJ. Wrote the paper: JP AS KJ.