INS and Insulin resistance: Laboratory assessment including lipid panel, glycemic status (fasting blood sugar (mg/dL), fasting insulin (μIU/L), Homeostasis Model Assessment Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) index, liver enzymes (alkaline phosphatase (ALP, U/L), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, U/L), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT, U/L) alanine aminotransferase (ALT, U/L), and inflammation status (hs-CRP (mg/L) were performed by photometric assay with the use of a biochemistry autoanalyzer (Alfa-Classic; Tajhizat Sanjesh Co., Ltd., Isfahan, Iran) and commercial kits (Pars Azmoun kit, Tehran, Iran).