Hosseini-Esfahani, Firoozeh
Rafiei, Maryam
Bahadoran, Zahra
Hasheminia, Mitra
Mirmiran, Parvin
Azizi, Fereidoun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (43012295)
Article History
Received: 26 April 2025
Accepted: 12 October 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: All participants' parents signed an informed consent form before participating in this study. The study was performed according to the Declaration of Helsinki; the study proposal was approved by the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences ethics committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran) IR.SBMU.ENDOCRINE.REC.1403.118.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.