Ali, Mohamed Azarudeen Musthak
Radhakrishnan, Kalpana https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2062-6517
Jaganathan, Anusha
Sundaram, Robert Wilson
Subbiah, Arunan
Article History
Received: 10 March 2026
Accepted: 23 September 2026
First Online: 7 October 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (IEC/IRB No. 9011). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, or from legally authorised representatives where applicable, before enrolment and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent to publish: Written informed consent for publication of anonymised aggregate data was obtained from all participants included in this study. No identifiable personal information is reported.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.