The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee of S.D.M. College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad (Ref: SDMIEC:091:2018; dated 23-03-2018). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision), and this trial was prospectively registered with the Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI) under the registration number: CTRI/2018/07/014900.
Consent to participate
Parents of all study participants provided informed consent.
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Availability of data and materials
Data used in this paper is available from the first author upon request.
Funding
This research has been partially supported by Dr. Muthukumarana’s (Grant Number: RGPIN-2024-05460) and Dr. Sepehri’s (Grant Number: RGPIN-2018-05352) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery grant. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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