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Article History

Received: 18 November 2025

Accepted: 30 March 2026

First Online: 17 April 2026

Declarations

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: The study protocol was approved by the Jamia Hamdard Institutional Ethics Committee [JHIEC Ref. No.: 03/25 dated 28/02/2025)] before the initiation of the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) in 2017, as well as the guidelines for biomedical research involving human participant.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants prior to their inclusion in the study.

: This study was registered with the Clinical Trial Registry-India (CTRI), registration number CTRI/2025/04/084353, registered on 08/04/2025.

: The authors declare no competing interests.