Jacob, Jovis
Reddy, Samarasimha N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-1200
Kaliaperumal, Venkatesh
Geddam, JJ Babu
Rajender Rao, Kalashikam
Ramanujam, Karthikeyan
Nandeep, ER
Sudharma, Athira Anilkumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (21-CE01)
Article History
Received: 16 July 2025
Revised: 1 April 2026
Accepted: 13 May 2026
First Online: 22 May 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki 1964. The samples were collected from the subjects after getting approval from the institutional Ethics committee of ICMR- National Institute of Nutrition (02/III/2023).
: Written informed consent and parental assent were also taken from all participants included in the study.