Zarinfar, Yasaman
Panahi, Nekoo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-7043
Jannatalipour, Erfan
Hosseinpour, Marjan
Shafiee, Gita
Sanjari, Mahnaz
Nabipour, Iraj
Fahimfar, Noushin
Article History
Received: 10 February 2026
Accepted: 3 June 2026
First Online: 8 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval for the primary study was obtained from the Ethics Committees at the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, marked with the ethical codes IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1394.0036 and B-91-14-2, respectively. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. The Ethical code for the present study is IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1403.549.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.