About the Authors

Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Ali Sheidaei

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Sudabeh Alatab

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

1-tabatabaeiml@sina.tums.ac.ir (OTM); 2-Sudabehalatab@yahoo.com (SA)

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

Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

1-tabatabaeiml@sina.tums.ac.ir (OTM); 2-Sudabehalatab@yahoo.com (SA)

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Homayoon Vahedi

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

Hafez Fakheri

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gut and Liver Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Farshad Sheikhesmaeili

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Liver and Digestive Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

Anahita Sadeghi

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Ali Reza Sima

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sasan Alborz Biomedical Research Center, Masoud Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, Tehran, Iran

Amir Anushiravan

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Abbas Yazdanbod

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Digestive Diseases Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

Seyed Hamid Moosavy

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shahid Mohammadi Hospital, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Iradj Maleki

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gut and Liver Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Hassan Vosooghinia

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran

Masoud Malekzadeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Reza Malekzadeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaghayegh Khanmohammadi, Ali Sheidaei, Sudabeh Alatab, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Homayoon Vahedi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Hafez Fakheri, Farshad Sheikhesmaeili, Anahita Sadeghi, Ali Reza Sima, Amir Anushiravan, Abbas Yazdanbod, Seyed Hamid Moosavy, Iradj Maleki, Hassan Vosooghinia, Masoud Malekzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.