Nataraj, Megha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-0846
Maiya, G. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7573-0137
Nagaraju, Shankar Prasad http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1016-8280
Shastry, B. A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3686-851X
Shivashankara, K. N. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9473-0474
Shetty, Sahana http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-0411
Mayya, Shreemathi S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0753-9490
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 1 January 2024
Accepted: 13 February 2024
First Online: 14 March 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interest towards the publication of this manuscript.
: The study procedure was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee [IEC 329/2020] and registered with the Clinical Trial Registry of India [CTRI/2020/09/027677].