About the Authors

Mukhtiar Baig

Contributed equally to this work with: Mukhtiar Baig, Tahir Jameel, Sami H. Alzahrani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

drmukhtiarbaig@yahoo.com

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

Tahir Jameel

Contributed equally to this work with: Mukhtiar Baig, Tahir Jameel, Sami H. Alzahrani

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft

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

Sami H. Alzahrani

Contributed equally to this work with: Mukhtiar Baig, Tahir Jameel, Sami H. Alzahrani

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmad A. Mirza

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Zohair J. Gazzaz

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

Tauseef Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Fizzah Baig

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Ziauddin Medical College, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan

Saleh H. Almurashi

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.