Ghannadzadeh Kermani Pour, Rad
Karimi Ghahfarokhi, Maryam
Golestani, Ali
Mohseni, Shahrzad
Khosravi, Sepehr
Azarboo, Alireza
Mohajeri-Tehrani, Mohammadreza
Pejman Sani, Mahnaz
Tabatabaei-Malazy, Ozra
Article History
Received: 9 July 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines, and all methods were performed in accordance with institutional and national ethical standards. The Research Ethics Committee of the Endocrine & Metabolism Research Institute at Tehran University of Medical Sciences approved the study (Reference Code: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1403.100). Participants provided informed consent in person after receiving written information detailing the study’s objectives and procedures.