Amirani, Niusha
Goudarzi, Kian
Sajadi Hezaveh, Zohreh
Moodi, Mitra
Fakhrzadeh, Hossein
Khorashadizadeh, Masoumeh
Khodabakhshi, Huriye
Naderimagham, Shohreh
Ramezani, Akam
Ejtahed, Hanieh-Sadat https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-4915
Sharifi, Farshad
Article History
Received: 26 November 2024
Accepted: 28 March 2025
First Online: 5 April 2025
Declarations
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: This study is cross-sectional and population-based, utilizing data collected during the enrollment phase of the Birjand longitudinal aging study (BLAS). This study was approved by the research ethical committee of Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (code: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1396.00158) and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.