conclusions present study showed that the prevalence of smoking in men is very high in this region of iran. therefore to prevent the problem it is necessary that educational and research centres and health providers make suitable policies and strategies . results mean (standard error) age of starting to smoke was 20.21 (0.6) years and females had started smoking 4 years later (p = 0.01). during...

patients and methods serum samples of 100 patients with hypereosinophilia (> 10%) and 100 normal individuals (without eosinophilia) were collected. demographic information of the participants was recorded in a predesigned questionnaire during sample collection. anti-toxocara antibodies in the subjects’ serum were evaluated by an elisa. results in the hypereosinophilic patients, 54 (54%) were ma...

background: breastfeeding has been recognized to have a great deal of benefits for both the mothers and infants. moreover, the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life has been greatly acknowledged. therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of starting breastfeeding in the first hour after delivery and the exclusive breast milk feeding as well as the a...

conclusions a high prevalence of obesity was found in zahedan students. concurrent high prevalence of obesity/overweight and underweight demonstrates amplitude of weight problems in school children. there is an urgent need for special health programs to conduct proper diagnosis and management of obesity in zahedan. results in the sample, 78.9% were under 85th percentile, 11.8% were overweight (...

Obesity is one of the main public health problems which underlie many chronic illnesses and socioeconomic difficulties. According to the literature review, there are limited data on the prevalence of obesity in different parts of Iran as well as its trend and prevalence among different age and gender groups. The aim of this study was to estimate the obesity prevalence in Iran using meta-analysi...

background: although irritable bowel syndrome is a common problem in europian countries, it's prevalence in asian countries is unclear. the aim of present study was to determine the prevalence of ibs and to assess the symptom subgroups based on the predominant bowel habit in a young adult population of iran. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study on medical students at the golestan univ...

objectives: tooth loss appears to have an important role in the loss of mastication and esthetics. the aim of this systematic review was to investigate the prevalence of tooth loss and edentulism in the iranian population. methods: studies reviewed in this article were primarily identified via search of the online bibliographic databases including pubmed and iranian biomedical journals, by usin...

helicobacter pylori infection is a common health problem related to many gastrointestinal disorders. this study aims to estimate the total and age specific prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in iran. we systematically reviewed all national and international databases and finally identified 21 studies were eligible for meta-analysis. each of them were assigned a quality score using stro...

objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of different psychiatric disorders among 12 to 17 years old adolescents in urban areas of tehran. method: in this study, 1105 adolescents (12 -17 years old) were selected from 250 clusters of the entire 22 municipality areas of tehran using a multistage sampling method. after responding to the farsi version of the strengths...

objective: suicide represented 1.8% of the total global burden of disease in1998 and it will increase to 2.4% in 2020. we performed a cross sectional study to assess the prevalence of suicide ideation, attempt and its associated factors. method: we designed a cross sectional study in mahan and bardsir cities, kerman province, iran. based on the multistage cluster sampling, 860subjects aged 15 a...