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

bFeinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

cEndocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

dDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science

eSchool of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received 18 September 2021 Accepted 23 May 2022

Dr. Mohammad Keykhaei and Dr. Negar Rezaei are equally worked on this paper as the first author.

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Correspondence to Farshad Farzadfar MD, MPH, MHS, DSc, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, No. 10, Al-e-Ahmad and Chamran Highway intersection, Postal code: 1411713137, Tehran, Iran, Tel/fax: +982188631293; e-mail: [email protected]