background: cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of disease in the developed world. early detection and risk prediction are a key component in reducing cardiovascular mortality. the framingham risk score uses age, sex,  cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking to calculate the 10‑year risk probability of developing cardiovascular disease for a given patient. the aim of this...

resistant hypertension in adolescents is increasing in frequency and is increasingly recognized as having significant short- and long-term health consequences. it may be seen in up to 30% of all hypertensive patients cared for. adolescents with resistant hypertension are at higher cardiovascular (cv) risk due to a long history of severe hypertension complicated by other cv risk factors such as ...

background: population attributable fraction (paf) is one of the most practical measures for estimating the burden of risk factors with some challenges in its calculation. cardiovascular disease (cvd) is the first cause of death worldwide and the estimation of accurate pafs for cvd risk factors is of great importance in conducting preventive strategies. our aim was to estimate the pafs of cvd r...

background: in addition to the known risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, many studies reported that there are some new risk factors such as hemocystein, lipoprotein (a), fibrinogen and factor vп affecting the morbidity and increasing the risk of disease. the current study was designed to evaluate such risk factors in relation to those previously established in a case-control study design. ...

each year, over a billion muslims fast worldwide during the month of ramadan.  through this religious practice, not only will one have spiritual growth, but can improve his/her diet, which is of pivotal importance in this month. conversely, the available evidence regarding the health benefits of ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. although islam exempts patients from fasting, many...

introduction: studies on behavioral patterns and personality traits play a critical role in the prediction of healthy or unhealthy behaviors and identification of high-risk individuals for cardiovascular diseases (cvds) in order to implement preventive strategies. this study aimed to compare personality types in individuals with and without cvd based on the enneagram of personality. materials a...

epidemiologic studies show that the cardiovascular diseases are associated with multiple factors such as raised serum total cholesterol, increased ldl, increased platelet aggregation, hypertension and smoking. in-vitro studies have confirmed the ability of some plants of allium species to reduce these parameters. therefore, we evaluated anti-platelet aggregation effect of some allium species (a...

conclusions to reduce the impacts of particulate matter on health status of people in ilam, necessary training by health systems should be conducted for people, especially those with chronic lung and heart diseases, the elderly and children to reduce their activities on the dusty days. methods pm10 data was taken from the ilam environmental protection agency. the annual morbidity including hosp...