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Authors
Bidarolli, Manjunath https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6686-2154
Das, Biswadeep https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3222-2527
Rawat, Vikram Singh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4366-8126
Gupta, Mahima https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4158-1974
Sony, Hannah Theresa https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2799-7726
Agnihotri, Akash https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3921-0449
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (3/2/June-2021/PG-Thesis-HRD)
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Article History
Received: 12 December 2025
Accepted: 4 February 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for this study protocol was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) (Reference No. 467/IEC/PGM/2021, dated 26/11/2021), AIIMS, Rishikesh, India.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants after a detailed explanation of the study prior to its commencement.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study received invaluable sponsorship from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under Grant No. 3/2/June 2021/PG-Thesis-HRD.
: MB: conception and design, acquisition of data, performed statistical analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript. BD: conception and design, review and substantial edits to the manuscript. VR: curated data, reviewed and edited the final draft. HS and AA: revision of manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version.
: The data supporting the findings of this study are available in the supplementary files. Any additional information or data can be obtained from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Not applicable.
