Hashemi, Hassan
Jamali, Alireza
Ahmad, Morad Amir
Yekta, Abbasali
Irandoost, Niloofar
Nabovati, Payam
Khabazkhoob, Mehdi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Medical Research Development (963660)
Article History
Received: 15 November 2025
Accepted: 22 January 2026
First Online: 24 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants. The principles of the Helsinki Declaration were followed in all stages of this study. The protocol of the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD) under the auspices of the Iranian Ministry of Health (Ethics code: IR.NIMAD.REC.1397.292).