About the Authors

Nigus Alemu Hailu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Nigusalemu2@gmail.com

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

Tesfaye Tolessa

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Physiology Department, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Zenawi Hagos Gufue

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

Etsay Weldekidan Tsegay

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmacy Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.