Mantoo, Mohsin Raj
Chauhan, Shraddha
Shekar, Revathi
PP, Anudeep
Suresh, Megha
Khan, Sabiha
Basha, Aseem
Yadav, Satyavir
Agstam, Sourabh
Kumar, Sumit
Parakh, Neeraj
Ali, Kamar
Bhushan, Sudha
Bakshi, Neha
Singh, Archna
Ghosh-Jerath, Suparna
Roy, Ambuj
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (Grant number: 5/4/1–10/CVD/2022-NCD-I)
Article History
Received: 20 October 2025
Accepted: 8 May 2026
First Online: 23 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India (IEC approval number: vAIIMSA1996/06.08.2024, RP-20/2024). All participants provide written informed consent prior to enrolment. The trial is registered prospectively with the Clinical Trials Registry of India (REF/2024/07/088698).
: Not applicable. No individual-level data, images, or identifiable information are included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.