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Article History

Received: 14 April 2023

Accepted: 16 August 2023

First Online: 12 September 2023

Declarations

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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

: Approval for conducting this study was given by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, India. (<b>EC/OA-159/2022)</b> All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. The study was conducted, compliant with ethical standards, and after obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee.

: Informed consent was obtained from individual study participants and was analysed maintaining complete confidentiality.