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Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran Zahra Keshtpour Amlashi, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamadan, 6517838738, Iran. Emails: z.keshtpour@edu.umsha.ac.ir; zahraka6667@gmail.com
Seyed Alireza Javadinia, Vasei Educational Hospital, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, TohidShar Blv., Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan 9617747431, Iran. Emails: javadiniaa941@mums.ac.ir; javadinia.alireza@gmail.com
Study concept and design: Z.K.A; acquisition of data: F.S. and A.S.P; analysis and interpretation of data: L.T. and S.A.J.; drafting of the manuscript: A.G.M. and T.H.; critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: A.N.M. and S.M.J; statistical analysis: D.F. and S.N. The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
This research was funded by Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Authors would like to thank all patients who participate in the project. Authors sincerely thank Vasei Clinical Research Development Unit in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, for providing advice and guidance in conducting this research. Also, this paper and the research behind it would not have been possible without the exceptional enthusiasm and help of Nurse Zahra Balali and Nurse Somayeh Tahmasebi.
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was fully funded by Hamadan University of Medical Sciences which is an academic and research institution where research and education are the primary function of the entity (grant number: 37649 to Z.K.A.). The funder had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data, the writing of the manuscript, and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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