Sarebanhassanabadi, Mohammadtaghi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8867-4717
Mirjalili, Seyed Reza http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-201X
Marques-Vidal, Pedro
Kraemer, Alexander
Namayandeh, Seyedeh Mahdieh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-2864
Article History
Received: 24 November 2023
Accepted: 4 February 2024
First Online: 12 February 2024
Declarations
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: The present study was approved by the Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences ethics committee (ethics code: IR.SSU.REC.1397.188) and conducted based on the Declaration of Helsinki on medical research [CitationRef removed]. Informed consent was obtained from the study participants during the initial and follow-up phases. The present research is reported based on the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.