Forghani, Shayan
Shahsavand, Amirhossein
Dadras, Arshia
Nayebirad, Sepehr
Razi, Amirali
Khalagi, Kazem
Fahimfar, Noushin
Shafiee, Gita
Nabipour, Iraj
Larijani, Bagher
Kavoosi, Hoda
Article History
Received: 8 January 2026
Accepted: 28 July 2026
First Online: 6 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.
Patient consent: The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Endocrine & Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Approval ID: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1403.037). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.