Khalagi, Kazem http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-6232
Fahimfar, Noushin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-9794
Hajivalizadeh, Fatemeh
Sanjari, Mahnaz http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-6184
Mansourzadeh, Mohammad Javad
Gharibzadeh, Safoora http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-4040
Shafiee, Gita
Kamali, Koorosh
Alaeddini, Farshid
Farzadfar, Farshad
Mohseni, Samaneh
Namazi, Nazli
Razi, Farideh
Gorgani, Kobra
Kateb Saber, Katayoun
Panahi, Nekoo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-7043
Heshmat, Ramin
Raeisi, Alireza http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-5976
Larijani, Bagher
Ostovar, Afshin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8670-5797
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Medical Research Development (2019/116)
Article History
Received: 29 June 2022
Accepted: 16 October 2022
First Online: 23 October 2022
Declarations
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: Both parts of the study were approved by the ethic committees. The STEPs survey was approved by the ethic committee of the National Institute of Health Research of the Islamic Republic of Iran (ethic code: IR.TUMS.NIHR.REC.1398.006) and the IMOS study was approved by the Iranian National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD) ethics committee (ethic code: IR.NIMAD.1398.056). Written informed consents were separately obtained from the participants in each of the two parts of the study.Performing DXA to measure body composition has a very small amount of radiation and in many studies it is considered zero. Anthropometric measurements, blood tests, BMD and muscle mass tests were done for free. Participants were paid a travel allowance to the IMOS data collection center. Data was collected electronically. Blood samples and BMD measurements were also obtained by standard methods. Blood samples were stored in the biobank while coding.
: The written informed consent obtained from the participants included the consent for publication of analyzed data as scientific articles in domestic and international journals.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.