Cardiovascular disease risk factors and markers of oxidative stress and DNA damage in leprosy patients in Southern Nigeria

• Iya Eze Bassey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: iyantui@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7644-2508

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• Inyeneobong Ernest Inyang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9729-6191

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• Uwem Okon Akpan,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-7763

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• Idongesit Kokoabasi Paul Isong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-6174

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• Bassey Edward Icha,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4016-0098

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• Victoria Micheal Ayawan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Science, Caritas University, Amorji Nike, Enugu State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3669-0491

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• Racheal Ekanem Peter,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

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• Hopefaith Adode Itita,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

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• Prince Ukam Odumusor,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

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• Eyoanwan Graziani Ekanem,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

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• Okon Ekwerre Essien

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9864-1399

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