Abbas, Syed Moiz https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6712-7421
Farhan, Muhammad https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0632-3846
Khan, Areeba https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4675-2822
Mazhar, Safa https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0152-6875
Imran, Rimsha https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4222-2317
Zafar, Hiba https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0826-519X
Afzoon, Suheera https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4617-2043
Areeba, F. N. U. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8632-1222
Article History
Received: 14 November 2025
Accepted: 9 December 2025
First Online: 11 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no financial or non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication and no conflicts of interest related to this meta-analysis. All authors contributed to study design, data extraction, analysis, and manuscript preparation. Ethics approval was not required as this study involved analysis of previously published data.