About the Authors

Khai Lone Lim

Contributed equally to this work with: Khai Lone Lim, Kenny Voon

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

Affiliation Institute for Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nur Alia Johari

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

Affiliation Institute for Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Siew Tung Wong

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Loke Tim Khaw

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Boon Keat Tan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Biology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kok Keong Chan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Biology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shew Fung Wong

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pathology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Centre for Environmental and Population Health Research, Institute for Research, Development and Innovation, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wan Ling Elaine Chan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nurul Hanis Ramzi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Patricia Kim Chooi Lim

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

Affiliations Institute for Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Pathology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sulaiman Lokman Hakim

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Environmental and Population Health Research, Institute for Research, Development and Innovation, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kenny Voon

Contributed equally to this work with: Khai Lone Lim, Kenny Voon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kenny_voon@imu.edu.my

Affiliation Pathology Division, School of Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.