Chandra Sekar, Praveen Kumar https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5346-9597
Govindaraj, Ashok
Veerabathiran, Ramakrishnan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9307-5428
Article History
Received: 5 December 2025
Accepted: 15 January 2026
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Human Ethics Committee (IHEC Proposal No. II/0540/24).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before their inclusion in the study.
: All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript and consent to its publication.