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Authors
Mouseli, Ali
Shahrokhi, Pejman
Sharafi, Mehdi
Mastaneh, Zahra
Gharibzadeh, Abdollah
Jamali, Leila
Shekari, Arash
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Article History
Received: 5 February 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 28 July 2025
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: The authors fully adhered to ethical standards regarding issues such as plagiarism, informed consent, misconduct, data fabrication and falsification, duplicate publication or submission, and redundancy. This research was conducted following the ethical guidelines outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guidelines. Additionally, the study received approval from the Research Ethics Committee of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences (IR.HUMS.REC.1402.363). This study utilized baseline data from the Kong Cohort Study, and informed consent was obtained from all participants. The cohort profile of the Bandar Kong study has been published previously47.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
