The authors thank all the participants in this study.
Author contributions
SHN: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft. MM: Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, Writing—original draft. ZK: Project administration, Data curation, Writing—review & editing. KD: Methodology, Formal analysis, Validation. NS: Investigation, Data curation. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
Ethical approval for this study (Ethical Committee IR.SUMS.REC.1403.391) was provided by the Ethical Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, and this study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki (2024 version).
Consent to participate
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants (for patients under 18 years of age, consent was obtained from their parents or legal guardians).
Consent to publication
Not applicable.
Availability of data and materials
The data of this manuscript could be available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.
Funding
The Shiraz University of Medical Science [Grant no: 31802] financially supported this study. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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