About the Authors

Iraj Najafi

Affiliation Nephrology Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Attari

Affiliation Nephrology Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Farhad Islami

Affiliations Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Ramin Shakeri

rshakeri@gmail.com

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Malekzadeh

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Rasool Salahi

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Mina Yapan Gharavi

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mostafa Hosseini

Affiliation School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Behrooz Broumand

Affiliation Clinical Science Study Group Iran, IR of Iran Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Ali Nobakht Haghighi

Affiliation Clinical Science Study Group Iran, IR of Iran Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Bagher Larijani

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Reza Malekzadeh

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IN RS FM RS MYG BB ANH BL RM. Performed the experiments: IN RS FM RS MYG BB ANH BL RM. Analyzed the data: FI RS MYG MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IN FA FI RS FM RS MH RM. Wrote the paper: IN FA FI RS MH BB ANH BL RM.