background: dyspepsia is an upper gastrointestinal tract syndrome presenting epigastric pain and discomfort, fullness sensation, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, and belching. the prevalence of dyspepsia has been reported to be high all over the world. in this study, we reviewed studies reporting the prevalence of dyspepsia in iran and discussed the probable risk factors of dyspepsia to shed li...

conclusions it can be concluded that mets may increase the risk of gerd. consequently, there might be potential benefits to treating the metabolic abnormalities in these patients. context the incidences of both gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) and metabolic syndrome (mets) have increased in recent years, and it has been suggested that there is a probable association between the two. the a...

Introduction: Latin American and Mediterranean (LAM) is a family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Drug resistant in M. tuberculosis LAM family is a major problem in the world population. Our objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of M. tuberculosis LAM family with multi-drug resistant (MDR) in the worldwide by a meta-analysis and systematic review. Materials an...

conclusions the results of this study revealed the important role injection drug use plays as the main cause of hcv spread in isfahan province. effective harm reduction programs should be implemented to prevent new hcv infections. considering the high prevalence of hcv infection among hiv patients, this group should receive special attention. results twenty-eight studies, including 6, 17, 4, an...

context blastocystis hominis is a unicellular protozoan found commonly in the intestinal tract of humans and many other animals with multiple subtypes, which tend to be specific to the host. we aimed to apply a meta-analysis for studies of protozoan pathogens in order to obtain a general overview of the prevalence and genotype analysis of blastocystis spp. in iran. results we included 40 eligib...

background: constipation is physically and mentally troublesome for many patients and has adverse effects on their quality of life. the aim of the present study was to systematically review previous studies on the epidemiology of constipation in iran. methods: bibliographic databases including pubmed, google scholar, and iranian databases including scientific information database, iran medex, a...

objectives: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a common gastrointestinal disorder. due to its high prevalence and absence of curative therapy, ibs has the potential to create tremendous burden on the health care system. herein, we systematically reviewed the published literature to investigate the epidemiology of ibs in iran. methods: studies that were reviewed in this article were primarily ide...

objectives: the mean age of cigarette smoking has decreased along with an increase in its prevalence, in developing countries. the aim of this systematic review is to determine the prevalence of lifetime, current and daily smoking among middle school students in iran . methods: various search methods have been used in this study including searching different international databanks such as pubm...

background & aim : worldwide prevalence of infertility has been reported to be 3-7% of all couples. there are varieties among the results of studies conducted on the prevalence of infertility in iran. the present study aimed to evaluate the trend of infertility using meta-analysis method in iran. methods & materials : we systematically reviewed all published papers in medline database of the na...