Kafita, Doris
Dzobo, Kevin
Nkhoma, Panji
Sinkala, Musalula
Article History
Received: 17 March 2025
Accepted: 13 February 2026
First Online: 22 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study protocol was approved by the University of Zambia’s Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee IRB00011000. The analyses conducted in this study utilised publicly available datasets collected by the IDG, GTEx and HPA projects, which were made accessible through their respective project databases. The methods employed in this study adhered to the pertinent policies, regulations, and guidelines established by the IDG, GTEx and HPA projects for the analysis of their datasets and reporting of the findings.