Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (NO3/1/2/6/SRF/ORTHO/2018-NCD-I)
Article History
Received: 12 July 2023
Accepted: 23 November 2023
First Online: 3 January 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.