Abbaspour, Faeze
Shafiee, Gita
Golestani, Ali
Birjandi, Saba Maleki
Gohari, Kimiya
Sheidaei, Ali
Heshmat, Ramin
Article History
Received: 9 August 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 18 December 2025
Declarations
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: The Iran-WHO STEPS 2005 to 2011 was approved by the Iran Centre for Control of Diseases, and Iran-WHO STEPS 2016 and 2021 were approved by the National Institute for Medical Research Development. The present analysis was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Ethical code: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1401.124).A signed consent form was obtained from each participant in all Iran-WHO STEPS.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors declared that they have no conflict of interest.
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