1. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology; Modeling of Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences; Hamadan Iran
2. Department of Cellular and Molecular, Cellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran
3. Department of Thyroid, Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran
4. Department of Statistical Genomics Methodology, Laboratory of Statistical Genetics, Rockefeller University; New York New York