About the Authors

Solaleh Emamgholipour

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Seyede Mahdieh Eshaghi

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Diabetes, Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Arash Hossein-nezhad

arash_hsi@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Diabetes, Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Khadijeh Mirzaei

Affiliation School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research

Zhila Maghbooli

Affiliation Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Ali Sahraian

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Sina MS Research Center, Sina 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: SE SME AH KM ZM MAS. Performed the experiments: SE AH KM ZM MAS. Analyzed the data: AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE AH KM ZM MAS. Wrote the manuscript: SE SME AH KM ZM MAS.