About the Authors

Khola Noreen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

khauladr@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Zil-e- Rubab

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ziauddin Medical College-Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan

Muhammad Umar

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Rehana Rehman

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Mukhtiar Baig

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Fizzah Baig

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Ziauddin Medical College-Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

“The authors have declared that no competing interests exist."