Acknowledgements
Tavakol, type-2 diabetes
Funding for this study was provided by Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Grant #: 97-3-75-12728). The authors would like to thank all of the individuals with type-2 diabetes who participated in the study. We acknowledge the native English editing of the manuscript and its structuring provided by Dr. Kamran Tavakol of Medical Editors & Review Consultants International, Virginia, USA.