About the Authors

Golaleh Asghari

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

Emad Yuzbashian

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

Parvin Mirmiran

mirmiran@endocrine.ac.ir

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Behnaz Mahmoodi

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

Fereidoun Azizi

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: GA EY. Performed the experiments: GA EY. Analyzed the data: EY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GA BM. Wrote the paper: GA BM. Read and approved the final manuscript: PM FA.