Socioeconomic inequalities in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: evidence from the PERSIAN cohort study.

Background: Elevated blood pressure is associated with cardiovascular disease, stroke and chronic kidney disease. In this study, we examined the socioeconomic inequality and its related factors in prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control (ATC) of hypertension (HTN) in Iran.

Method: The study used data from the recruitment phase of The Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN (PERSIAN).

Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer in North Africa and the Middle East from 1990 to 2017.

Introduction: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third cause of cancer deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide. The countries of the Middle East and North Africa are similar in many determinants of health, but there are significant differences in the incidence of gastric cancer in these countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the burden of gastric cancer in MENA countries with appropriate policies to reduce the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in the region.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome using international diabetes federation, National Cholesterol Education Panel- Adult Treatment Panel III and Iranian criteria: results of Tabari cohort study.

Background: Metabolic syndrome is defined by co-incidence of multiple metabolic disorders such as central obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL, hyperglycemia and high blood pressure, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome using Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP-III), International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Iranian criteria in large-scaled population based cohort study and to determine the concordance between these criteria.

Methods: In the present study all information collected in Tabari cohort study(TCS) were utilized.

Age of Natural Menopause and Related Factors among the Tabari Cohort.

Objectives: The age of menopause is affected by several factors. In this study we aimed to identify the age of natural menopause and its related factors in a large-scale population-based cohort in Iran.

Methods: In this study, a subset of data collected during the enrollment phase of the Tabari cohort study was utilized.

Viral infections and risk of thyroid cancer: A systematic review and empirical bayesian meta-analysis.

Objective: The associations between viruses and the cancer have been conducted in several studies while there has been no systematic review and meta-analysis about the association between viral infections and thyroid cancer (TC). Therefore, we investigated the association between viral infection and TC risk.

Methods: Systematic search was done from 1994 to 2019 in Web of sciences (ISI), PubMed, and Scopus databases.

Prevalence of depression and related social and physical factors amongst the Iranian elderly population in 2012.

Aim: Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder and the second most common cause of disability among older adults. The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of depression and related social and physical factors in the Iranian elderly population in 2012.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 1350 Iranian older adults aged older than 60 years were selected considering the gender proportion of the population of five out of 31 provinces of Iran.