Khor, Yi-Sheng
Sam, Sing-Sin
Tong, Kind-Leng
AbuBakar, Sazaly
Misbah, Suzana
Azmel, Azureen
Kamal Faizul, Puteri Nasyitah Aina binti
Shunmugarajoo, Anusha
Mageswaren, Eashwary
Soh, Yih-Harng
Ab Rahman, Ahmad Kashfi
Wong, Pooi-Fong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6705-2521
Funding for this research was provided by:
Development of Research Institute for Excellent Enterprises (ATC+) Project Grant (IF001-2021)
Article History
Received: 4 July 2025
Accepted: 25 November 2025
First Online: 17 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia (Ethics No. NMRR-16-2814-29003). Written informed consent was obtained from participants and the study conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki and Malaysian Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
: No individual person’s data is included in the publication. All participants (or their legal guardians) provided explicit consent for the anonymised publication of research data.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.