Sajadi Hezaveh, Zohreh
Moodi, Mitra
Fakhrzadeh, Hossein
Arzaghi, Seyed Masoud
Esmaeili, Aliakbar
Khodabakhshi, Huriye
Shadman, Zhaleh
Khorashadizadeh, Masoumeh
Ejtahed, Hanieh-Sadat
Sharifi, Farshad
Funding for this research was provided by:
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (1401-3-221-62924)
Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (1401-3-221-62924)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Accepted: 3 December 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: The research ethics committee of Endocrinology Metabolism Research Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (code: IR.TUMS.EMRI.REC.1396.00158) approved this research and all participants provided written informed consent before taking part in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: During the preparation of this work, the authors used ChatGPT solely for grammatical corrections and refining word choice at the final stages of drafting. The authors subsequently reviewed and revised the manuscript thoroughly and take full responsibility for the final version of the publication.