Lim, Jun Jie
Reginald, Kavita
Say, Yee-How
Liu, Mei Hui
Chew, Fook Tim
Funding for this research was provided by:
National University of Singapore (N-154-000-038-001)
Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (R-154-000-191-112)
Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN-06-006)
National Medical Research Council (NMRC) (NMRC/1150/2008)
Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) (BMRC/01/1/21/18/077)
National Research Foundation (NRF) (NRF-MP-2020-0004)
Singapore Food Agency (SFS_RND_SUFP_001_04)
Singapore Food Agency (W22W3D0006)
Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) (H17/01/a0/008)
Article History
Received: 14 June 2023
Accepted: 11 September 2023
First Online: 19 September 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practices, and in compliance with local regulatory requirements. Cross-sectional studies in Singapore were conducted on the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus annually between 2005 and 2022, under the approval of the Institutional Review Board (NUS-IRB Reference Code: NUS-07–023, NUS-09–256, NUS-10–445, NUS-13–075, NUS-14–150, and NUS-18–036) and by the Helsinki declaration. Cross-sectional studies in Malaysia were held in the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), and Sunway University. Ethical approval was granted respectively from the Scientific and Ethical Review Committee (SERC) of UTAR (Ref. code: U/SERC/03/2016) and Sunway University Research Ethics Committee (Ref. code: SUREC 2019/029). Before the data collection, all participants involved signed an informed consent form.
: Not applicable.
: F.T.C. reports grants from National University of Singapore, Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund, Singapore Immunology Network, National Medical Research Council (NMRC) (Singapore), Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) (Singapore), National Research Foundation (NRF) (Singapore), Singapore Food Agency (SFA), and the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Singapore), during the conduct of the study; and consultancy fees from Sime Darby Technology Centre; First Resources Ltd; Genting Plantation, Olam International, and Syngenta Crop Protection, outside the submitted work. The other authors declare no other competing interests.