Chia, Wen Xuan
Chung, Felicia Fei-Lei
Chia, Yook Chin
Ng, Jia Yi
Lee, Kai Hui
Gunawan, Kelvin
Lau, Tze Pheng
Ooi, Pei Boon
Cheng, Maong Hui
Say, Yee-How
Article History
Received: 1 November 2024
Accepted: 24 February 2025
First Online: 14 March 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Sunway University Ethics Committee with the approval code SUREC 2024/040. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent prior to taking part in the study. Participants were informed about the study's objectives, procedures, potential risks, and benefits, and they were assured that their responses would remain confidential and anonymous. Participation was voluntary, and participants had the right to withdraw from the study at any point without penalty.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests. While authors CYC and CMH are members of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension, the funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.