BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death throughout the world. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of overweight/obesity, central obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia, as well as dietary factors contributing to the development of dyslipidemia among middle-aged women. METHODS The research design of the present study was a population-based cross-sectional stu...

OBJECTIVES The aim was (1) to investigate the association between education and smoking status (current, former and never-smoking) among non-western immigrants in Norway and (2) examine if these associations fit the pattern predicted by the model of the cigarette epidemic. DESIGN Data came from the Oslo Health Study and the Oslo Immigrant Health study (2000-2002). The first included all Oslo ...

Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. More specifically, it is the leading cancer for Iranian men and the second most common cancer in Iranian women. Being aware of the epidemiological situation and the trend of the disease is necessary for further studies and better planning for prevention. This study aims to investigate the epidemiology, and trend of skin cancer incidence i...

Background: Hepatitis B infection can be transmitted both vertically and horizontally. Although the universal neonatal vaccination and catch up vaccination of teenagers along with targeted vaccination of at risk population have decreased the prevalence of HBV infection in Iran dramatically, there is still risk of vertical transmission with subsequent chronic liver disease and hepatocellular car...

BACKGROUND The impact of the metabolic syndrome among populations in the Middle East region is unknown; we therefore examined the association between the syndrome and the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in an Iranian population. METHODS AND RESULTS The Isfahan Cohort Study (ICS) prospectively followed 6146 Iranian people (51.8% women, aged 35-75 years) from three cities and their rural d...

AIM OF THE STUDY A recent breast cancer genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2046210 on 6q25.1 showing a strong association with breast cancer risk. Numerous association studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between this polymorphism and breast cancer risk in various populations. There have been conflicting reports about th...

BACKGROUND Although elderly Iranian immigrants in Sweden are the largest elderly group born outside Europe, little is known about their health-related quality of life (HRQL). The aim of this study was to examine the association between migration status and HRQL in a comparison of elderly Iranians in Iran, elderly Iranian immigrants in Sweden, and elderly Swedes in Sweden. METHODS The Short Fo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the population-based incidence of type 2 diabetes and its potential risk factors in a sex-split cohort of Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 8400 non-diabetic participants, aged ≥20 years (3620 men and 4780 women) entered the study. Crude and age standardized incidence rates per 1000 person-years were calculated for whole population and each sex sepa...

INTRODUCTION There are numerous studies addressing associations of polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and cancer risks because accurate and efficient DNA repair is crucial to genomic integrity and fidelity. ERCC1 is important in DNA nucleotide excision repair. MATERIAL AND METHODS We genotyped constitutive variants of ERCC1 in approximately 300 adults with breast adenocarcinoma and 126 control...