Vaezi, Ali https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9827-9617
Karimi, Keyvan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-907X
Mirzad, Mina https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0634-3293
Khosravi, Sepehr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-0787
Rezaei, Nazila https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-1783
Golestani, Ali https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-0435
Akbarpour, Samaneh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-5757
Azadbakht, Leila https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-6818
Funding for this research was provided by:
Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran (1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074, 1403-2-221-73074)
Article History
Received: 7 March 2025
Accepted: 12 August 2025
First Online: 25 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The ethical approval of this study was granted by the Research Ethics Committees of Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute—Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1403.071). Participants provided their written informed consent to take part in the study.