Mahdavi, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8371-0694
Kazemnejad, Anoshirvan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-9635
Asosheh, Abbas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5560-8238
Khalili, Davood https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4956-1039
Tajari, Ahmadreza
Hosseinpour, Kamyab
Article History
Received: 13 September 2025
Accepted: 10 November 2025
First Online: 22 November 2025
Declarations
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: The data used in this study were obtained from the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS), carried out by the Endocrine Research Center at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The authors express their appreciation to all participants and individuals involved in the design and data collection of the TLGS. This project received ethical approval from the Tarbiat Modares University Ethics Committee under the code IR.MODARES.REC.1403.100. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. All procedures involving human participants received approval from the Human Research Review Committee of the Endocrine Research Center at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.