Seyedhoseinpour, Amirhosein
Barzin, Maryam
Mahdavi, Maryam
Valizadeh, Majid
Azizi, Fereidoun
Ghareh, Sahar
Hosseinpanah, Farhad
Article History
Received: 12 July 2025
Accepted: 28 January 2026
First Online: 21 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study has been approved by the National Research Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran (No. 181) and has been performed with the approval of the Human Research Review Committee of the Endocrine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. The Endocrine Science ethics committee was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: At the beginning of this study, all parents or legal guardians provided written informed consent for participants under 18 years of age. Written informed consent was acquired from all participants ≥ 18 years before taking part in the investigations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: not applicable.