About the Authors

Mina Psichogiou

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mpsichog@med.uoa.gr

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Andreas Karabinis

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Ioanna D. Pavlopoulou

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pediatric Research Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Basoulis

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Petsios

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Research Office, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Sotirios Roussos

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Maria Pratikaki

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 1st Department of Critical Care & Pulmonary Services, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

Edison Jahaj

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 1st Department of Critical Care & Pulmonary Services, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Protopapas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Leontis

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Vasiliki Rapti

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Anastasia Kotanidou

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 1st Department of Critical Care & Pulmonary Services, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

Anastasia Antoniadou

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Garyphallia Poulakou

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Paraskevis

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Vana Sypsa

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Angelos Hatzakis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The study received funding from Gilead Sciences. There is a potential conflict of interest for the primary investigator, HA due to the funding received from Gilead. No other participant in the study has received funds from Gilead in any form or has been employed by Gilead. No participants have received funds for consultation services or donations or worked for any commercial company that would constitute a conflict of interest for the authors, including but not limited to Abbott and GenBody. The aforementioned competing interest does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.