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Article History

Received: 7 November 2024

Accepted: 21 January 2025

First Online: 7 February 2025

Declarations

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: This study was exempted from ethical approval by the Institutional Review Board (IHHN-IRB#1) of the Indus Hospital & Health Network on 2nd January 2023 (Ref # IHHN_IRB_2024_01_008). Exemption from ethical approval was granted in accordance with the IRB clause which categorized the study as ‘Secondary research for which consent is not required and involves the re-use of data and specimens that were or will be collected for non-research purposes or from research studies other than the proposed research study. The research materials typically will be publicly available materials, medical records, or existing repositories of clinical specimens. No contact between investigator and subject is allowed.’

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.