Gupta, Anu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0095-6569
Gupta, Yashdeep https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-717X
Garg, Vineeta
Rajan, Roopa
Vishnu, Venugopalan Y.
Tandon, Nikhil
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/4/5-4/Diab.-19-NCD-III)
Article History
Received: 21 November 2025
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 2 April 2026
Declarations
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: Anu Gupta, Yashdeep Gupta, Vineeta Garg, Roopa Rajan, Venugopalan Y Vishnu and Nikhil Tandon declare that they have no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the institute's ethics committee (Ref. No. IEC-485/02.08.2019, AA-6/04.10.2019), and all participants provided written informed consent. Ethical standards were adhered to in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments.