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Study Flow Diagram
*Deaths occurred uniformly in both arms and patients lost-to-follow up were defined as patients who did not return for follow-up appointments until the study closure.
**Early study closure applied for patients who did not complete 96 months of follow-up due to earlier closure of the study as recommended by the data safety monitoring board.
