Moh, Mei Chung
Kwan, Tsz Kiu
Lai, Jun Shi
Colega, Marjorelee T.
Ubeynarayana, Chalani U.
Zheng, Huili
Liu, Jian-Jun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-7512
Ang, Keven
Liu, Sylvia
Tang, Wern Ee
Lim, Ziliang
Subramaniam, Tavintharan
Sum, Chee Fang
Chong, Mary Foong-Fong
Lim, Su Chi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-5817
Funding for this research was provided by:
MOH | National Medical Research Council (MOH-001704-00)
MOH | National Medical Research Council (MOH-001688-00)
Article History
Received: 24 October 2025
Revised: 19 March 2026
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 22 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the National Healthcare Group Domain Specific Review Board, and was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments (ECOS Reference: 2024/3805). All participants provided written informed consent prior to their participation in the study.