Habib, Shifa Salman
Rafiq, Sana
Jamal, Wafa Zehra
Ayub, Shaikh Muhammad
Ferrand, Rashida Abbas
Khan, Aamir
Zaidi, Syed Mohammad Asad
Article History
Received: 18 December 2019
Accepted: 13 April 2020
First Online: 19 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: An ethical approval was deemed unnecessary for this study by The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Interactive Research and Development (IRD) under the IRB exemption category 7 under 45 CFR 46.101(b). The IRB is registered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office for Human Research Protections (IRB#00005148). A Verbal consent was obtained from participants before conducting blood glucose, HbA1c and Xpert MTB/RIF tests. This study was part of a larger study (IRB approval number IRD_IRB_2016_08_001). De-identified data from the project was used for data analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare they have no competing interests.