Lim, Jun Jie
Reginald, Kavita
Say, Yee-How
Liu, Mei Hui
Chew, Fook Tim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1337-5146
Funding for this research was provided by:
National University of Singapore (N-154-000-038-001)
Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (R-154-000-191-112, R-154-000-404-112, R-154-000-553-112, R-154-000-565-112, R-154-000-630-112, R-154-000-A08-592, R-154-000-A27-597, R-154-000-A91-592, R-154-000-A95-592, R-154-000-B99-114)
Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN-06-006, SIgN-08-020)
National Medical Research Council (NMRC/1150/2008, OFIRG20nov-0033)
Biomedical Research Council (BMRC/01/1/21/18/077, BMRC/04/1/21/19/315, BMRC/APG2013/108)
National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF-MP-2020-0004)
Singapore Food Agency (SFS_RND_SUFP_001_04, W22W3D0006)
Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) (H17/01/a0/008, APG2013/108)
Article History
Received: 30 April 2024
Accepted: 18 October 2024
First Online: 30 November 2024
Declarations
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: The other authors declare no other competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practices, and in compliance with local regulatory requirements. Cross-sectional studies in Singapore were conducted on the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus annually between 2005 and 2022, under the approval of the Institutional Review Board (NUS-IRB Reference Code: NUS-07-023, NUS-09-256, NUS-10-445, NUS-13-075, NUS-14-150, and NUS-18-036) and by the Helsinki declaration. Cross-sectional studies in Malaysia were held in the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), and Sunway University. Ethical approval was granted respectively from the Scientific and Ethical Review Committee (SERC) of UTAR (Ref. code: U/SERC/03/2016) and Sunway University Research Ethics Committee (Ref. code: SUREC 2019/029). Before the data collection, all participants involved signed an informed consent form.
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