Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 9 December 2021
Accepted: 12 May 2022
First Online: 29 August 2022
Declarations
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: All the three authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Written consent was obtained from each participant.
: This was retrospective case–control study involving collection of patient data who were undergoing standard treatment protocols and hence there was no direct risk to the participants. This study was approved by Hospital Ethics Committee.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was provided by the Kasturba Medical College MAHE Manipal.