Bahadoran, Zahra
Mirmiran, Parvin
Azizi, Fereidoun
Article History
Received: 9 September 2025
Revised: 25 October 2025
Accepted: 12 November 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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: The study protocol was approved by the ethics research council of the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Ethics code: IR.SBMU.ENDOCRINE.REC.1404.072). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.