About the Authors

Uzair Abbas

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

uzair.abbas@duhs.edu.pk

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Rabeel Nawaz Laghari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Indus Medical College Hospital, Tando Mohammad Khan, Pakistan

Ishfaque Ahmed

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

Affiliation Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Usama Abdul Musawwir

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

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Hina Riaz

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Khadija Anwar

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Niaz Hussain

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

Affiliation Bilawal Medical College, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Muhammad Mubeen

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

Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Mahtab Khan

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

Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Muhib Ullah Khalid

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

Affiliation Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Shizrah Ashraf

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.