About the Authors

Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani

ramezani@endocrine.ac.ir

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliation Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Seyed Ali Montazeri

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliations Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Student of Public Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Farhad Hosseinpanah

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliation Obesity Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Leila Cheraghi

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliation Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hadi Erfani

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliations Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Student of Public Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Maryam Tohidi

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliation Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Fereidoun Azizi

Current address: Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences 24 Parvaneh, Yaman Street, Velenjak, P.O. Box 19395-4763, Tehran, I.R., Iran

Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FRT FA FH SAM MT. Performed the experiments: FRT FA. Analyzed the data: FRT LC SAM HE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FRT SAM FH FA. Wrote the paper: FRT SAM HE FH MT.