Ghafouri-Taleghani, Fateme
Bahadoran, Zahra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5138-0045
Jeddi, Sajad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3911-6620
Tohidi, Maryam
Azizi, Fereidoun
Article History
Received: 13 May 2025
Accepted: 12 September 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: 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.1403.151). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.