Bujang, Mohamad Adam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6231-4062
Lai, Wei Hong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6433-4259
Tiong, Xun Ting https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-5077
Ratnasingam, Selvasingam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-7750
Kim, Alex Ren Jye https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3325-2631
Husin, Masliyana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6553-6012
Jee, Yvonne Yih Huan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9317-3740
Ahmad, Nurul Fatma Diyana https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9144-8692
Tan, Clare Hui Hong https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5713-9948
Yee, Khoo Sing https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1087-7736
Hon, Yoon Khee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3084-2810
Yap, Eileen Pin Pin https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0801-1471
Johari, Fazalena https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3506-0233
Fong, Alan Yean Yip https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6675-1312
Article History
Received: 14 October 2024
Accepted: 15 January 2025
First Online: 4 February 2025
Declarations
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: This study received ethics approval and obtained prior written consent from research participants. Only individuals who had given their written informed consent would be eligible for participation in the study. Ethical approval for this study was granted by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health, Malaysia under the registration number of NMRR ID-21-01979-XDL (IIR). All the authors of this paper have confirmed that this study has adhered to the relevant guidelines and regulations pertaining to the reporting of experiments on humans and/or the use of human tissue samples.
: We have obtained the formal approval for publication of this article from the Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Therefore, we thank the Director-General of Health of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia for his kind permission to publish these findings.
: The authors declare no competing interests.