Najafi, Morvarid
Kheirabady, Mostafa Moghimi
Fallahzadeh, Aida
Golestani, Ali
Mousavi, Seyede Maryam
Khanmohammadi, Shaghayegh
Ghasemi, Hoomaan
Tabatabaei-Malazy, Ozra
Rashidi, Mohammad-Mahdi
Rezaei, Nazila
Asadi-Lari, Mohsen
Larijani, Bagher
Article History
Received: 9 April 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 4 December 2025
Declarations
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: This research was conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The findings are derived from estimates provided by the GBD 2021 study and comply with applicable guidelines and regulations. This study was approved by the review board of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1401.165).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.