Huda, Ramesh Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-3660
Singh, Jayvardhan
Kumar, Pankaj
Mandhana, Laxmikant
Kumar, Manoj
Sangwan, Ramesh Kumar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/4/8–25/Obs/RKH/2022-NCD-II)
Article History
Received: 20 January 2026
Accepted: 17 September 2026
First Online: 21 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee of the ICMR-National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases, Jodhpur (Approval No. IEC-ICMR-NIIRNCD/2021/25/8). All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrolment. This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki for medical research involving human participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.