Hasani, Wan Shakira Rodzlan
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Cheng, Kueh Yee
Dass, Sarat Chandra
Article History
Received: 11 July 2023
Accepted: 11 June 2024
First Online: 16 September 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ethical approval was obtained from the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and the Human Research Ethics Committee of USM (USM/JEPeM/22,030,181). Mortality data was obtained with approval from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). All data was anonymized prior to use in this study. Due to the using of DOSM database (vital registration data), the requirement for informed consent was waived.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.