Kishore, Prathiba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3116-6826
Colbert, Kumaran Alias Ramesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-0395
Kumar, C. Satish https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5793-5515
Amalanathan, Sophia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-6416
Article History
Received: 19 August 2024
Accepted: 25 June 2025
First Online: 2 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institute Ethics Committee (Human Studies) Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry. (Date: 02/12/2020/ No: 23/290/IEC-30/PP/2020).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.