About the Authors

Abdullah Alshukry

Contributed equally to this work with: Abdullah Alshukry, Hamad Ali

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Hamad Ali

Contributed equally to this work with: Abdullah Alshukry, Hamad Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Hamad.ali@ku.edu.kw

Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait, Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), Dasman, Kuwait

Yaseen Ali

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Talal Al-Taweel

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Mohammad Abu-Farha

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), Dasman, Kuwait

Jehad AbuBaker

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), Dasman, Kuwait

Sriraman Devarajan

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), Dasman, Kuwait

Ali A. Dashti

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait

Ali Bandar

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Hessah Taleb

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Emergency, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Abdullah Al Bader

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Nasser Y. Aly

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Preventive Health, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Ebaa Al-Ozairi

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), Dasman, Kuwait

Fahd Al-Mulla

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), Dasman, Kuwait

Mohammad Bu Abbas

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.