Dehghanbanadaki, Hojat
Mohammadian, Maryam
Khalagi, Kazem
Choobineh, Hamid
Soltani, Azin
Amini Shirkouhi, Maryam
Rezaei-Tavirani, Mostafa
Shafiee, Gita
Ostovar, Afshin
Bandarian, Fatemeh
Najjar, Niloufar
Panahi, Nekoo
Larijani, Bagher
Nabipour, Iraj
Fahimfar, Noushin
Razi, Farideh
Majidi, Ziba
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 22 August 2025
First Online: 11 September 2025
Declarations
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: This cross-sectional study utilized data obtained from the PoCOsteo investigation, which derived its findings from a prospective cohort study conducted in Iran and Austria. Ethical approval for this secondary analysis was granted by the Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (approval code: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1402.121). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Clinical trial number: not applicable.