Madamarandawala, Pavithra http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-8143
Rajapakse, Sanath http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-5811
Gunasena, Bandu
Madegedara, Dushantha http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-4722
Magana-Arachchi, Dhammika http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5825-4626
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF PSF ICRP 2017 HS 01)
Article History
Received: 28 September 2022
Accepted: 27 January 2023
First Online: 7 February 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Ethical approval was obtained from the ethical review committee at the general teaching hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka. All the patients agreed to the study protocol and provided written informed consent prior to recruitment. This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.