About the Authors

Syahrul Sazliyana Shaharir

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

sazliyana@ukm.edu.my, syahrul.sazliyana.shaharir@ppukm.ukm.edu.my

Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Siew Huoy Chua

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rozita Mohd

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ruslinda Mustafar

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nephrology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malehah Mohd Noh

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Nor Shuhaila Shahril

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Putrajaya Hospital, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Contributed equally to this work with: Siew Huoy Chua, Rozita Mohd, Ruslinda Mustafar, Malehah Mohd Noh, Nor Shuhaila Shahril, Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said, Sakthiswary Rajalingham

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.