Summary The Middle East and north Africa are home to different populations with widely
varying cultures, histories, and socioeconomic settings. Hence, their health status, health …

Smoking, heavy alcohol drinking and drug abuse are detrimental lifestyle factors leading to
loss of million years of healthy life annually. One of the major health complications caused …

Purpose A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed for use in
the Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN (PERSIAN Cohort), investigating …

We aim to estimate the prevalence of prediabetes, and diabetes mellitus (DM). We estimated
awareness, treatment, plasma glucose control, and associated factors in diabetes, as well …

In the past, communicable diseases caused the highest mortality in Iran. Improvements in
socioeconomic status and living standards including access to safe drinking water, along …

Background The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rapidly increasing in the
world. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and Predictors factors of CVD …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death in the world and
accounted for 71% of all deaths in the world in 2016. The most important NCDs for this …

Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the long term reduces the quality
of life, leading to digestive diseases. The present study aims to determine the risk factors for …

Background Drug use can lead to several psychological, medical and social complications.
The current study aimed to measure and decomposes socioeconomic-related inequalities in …

Background The use of anthropometric indices is one of the new and low-cost diagnostic
methods of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The present study aimed to determine optimal cutoff …