About the Authors

Akhere A. Omonkhua

Contributed equally to this work with: Akhere A. Omonkhua, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI), University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Friday E. Okonofua

Contributed equally to this work with: Akhere A. Omonkhua, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

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

feokonofua@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation (CERHI), University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC), Benin City, Nigeria

Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

Contributed equally to this work with: Akhere A. Omonkhua, Friday E. Okonofua, Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo

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

Affiliation Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

Austin I. Aruomaren

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Ayodeji M. Adebayo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Ibarapa Programme, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Roseangela Nwuba

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.