Kalpana, Soniya Shankar https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4643-5996
Ramu, G. Tilak https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-5556
Durairaj, Balaji https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9654-0500
Funding for this research was provided by:
SRM Institute of Science & Technology
Article History
Received: 8 May 2026
Accepted: 4 July 2026
First Online: 11 July 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Sub-Committee (Human Studies) of SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (IEC No: ST0924-1437).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. The consent is available to the journal’s editor-in-chief upon request.
: The authors declare no competing interests.