Citation

Gandomkar A, Poustchi H, Moini M, Moghadami M, Imanieh H, Fattahi MR, Ayatollahi SM, Sagheb MM, Anushiravani A, Mortazavi R, Sepanlou SG, Malekzadeh R. Int. J. Public Health 2016; 62(3): 397-406.

Affiliation

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. malek@ams.ac.ir.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00038-016-0848-2

PMID

27349480

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The pars cohort study (PCS) is a 10-year cohort study aiming to investigate the burden and the major risk factors of non-communicable diseases, and to establish a setting to launch interventions for prevention of these diseases and controlling their risk factors.

METHODS: All inhabitants of Valashahr district in South of Iran, aged 40-75 years, were invited to undergo interviews and physical examination, and to provide biological samples. A total of 9264 invitees accepted to participate in the study (95 % participation rate) and were recruited from 2012 to 2014. Active follow-up was also carried out after 12 months.

RESULTS: About 46 % of participants were male and 54 % were female. About 14.0 % of the participants were current smokers and 8.4 % were ever opium users. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 37.3 and 18.2 %, respectively. The prevalence of hypertension was 26.9 %. A total of 49 participants died during a median follow-up of one year.

CONCLUSIONS: PCS with its large scale and wealth of socio-economic and medical data can be a unique platform for studying the etiology of non-communicable diseases and effective interventions in Iran.

Language: en