About the Authors

Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani

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

Nazanin Moslehi

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

Golaleh Asghari

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

Roya Gholami

Affiliation Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, 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

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: FRT NM GA PM. Analyzed the data: NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM GA RG. Wrote the paper: FRT NM GA RG PM. Interpreted the results: FRT NM GA. Provided significant advice and consultation: FA.