About the Authors

Kumarasinghe A. Sriyani

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, the Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka

Sudharshani Wasalathanthri

sudharshaniw@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Priyadharshika Hettiarachchi

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Shamini Prathapan

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAS SW PH SP. Performed the experiments: KAS. Analyzed the data: KAS SW PH SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAS SW PH SP. Wrote the manuscript: KAS SW PH SP. Revised the manuscript and final approval of the version to be published: KAS SW PH SP.