About the Authors

Bilal Ahmed

Contributed equally to this work with: Bilal Ahmed, Kashmira Nanji

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Kashmira Nanji

Contributed equally to this work with: Bilal Ahmed, Kashmira Nanji

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Rakshinda Mujeeb

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Muhammad Junaid Patel

junaiddrpatel@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA KN. Performed the experiments: BA KN RM. Analyzed the data: BA KN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BA KN RM MJP.