About the Authors

Luca Di Antonio

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Di Antonio, Pasquale Viggiano

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations UOC Ophthalmology ASL-1 Avezzano-Sulmona-L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy, Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Ophthalmology Clinic, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Pasquale Viggiano

Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Di Antonio, Pasquale Viggiano

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

pasquale.viggiano90@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Ophthalmology Clinic, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Giada Ferro

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Ophthalmology Clinic, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Lisa Toto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Ophthalmology Clinic, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Rossella D’Aloisio

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Ophthalmology Clinic, University G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Annamaria Porreca

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Laboratory of Biostatistics, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Marta Di Nicola

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Laboratory of Biostatistics, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Rodolfo Mastropasqua

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.