Ahmadirad, Hamid
Farhadnejad, Hossein
Jahromi, Mitra Kazemi
Sadeghi, Reza
Teymoori, Farshad
Mirmiran, Parvin
Azizi, Fereidoun
Article History
Received: 18 November 2025
Accepted: 19 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
Declarations
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: Informed written consent was obtained from participants. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants adhered to the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This research was authorized by the local research ethics committee of the Endocrine Research Institute at the University of Shahid Beheshti Medical Science (Research Ethical Code: IR.SBMU.ENDOCRINE.REC.1404.015).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.