Hosseini-Esfahani, Firoozeh
Koochakpoor, Glareh
Hasheminia, Mitra
Rafiei, Maryam
Mirmiran, Parvin
Azizi, Fereidoun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (43009954)
Article History
Received: 14 December 2024
Accepted: 1 October 2025
First Online: 4 December 2025
Declarations
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: An informed consent form was signed by all parents of participants before taking part in this study. The study was performed according to the Declaration of Helsinki; the study proposal was approved by the ethics committee of the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran) IR.SBMU.ENDOCRINE.REC.1403.031.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.