aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences

bDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Received 3 December 2022 Accepted 26 April 2023.

*Correspondence to Fatemeh Mousavi Mehdiabadi, MD, Assistant Professor, Nephrologist, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Science, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Medical University Campus, Haft-Bagh Highway, 7616913555 Kerman, Iran, Tel: +00983432263787; e-mail: [email protected]