objectives: the relation of metabolic syndrome components, insulin resistance and leptin has been studied in elderly women. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study, among 225 subjects≥60 year old who were residents of kahrizak charity foundation, 133 (56 men & 77 women) were selected by cluster random sampling. fasting serum tg, total cholesterol, hdl, and leptin levels were measured...

more than 80% cardiovascular disease (cvd) is preventable despite the fact that it is currently the ultimate cause of disability in the world. assessment of the nationwide prevalence of dyslipidemia as a major cvd risk factor is essential to efficiently conduct prevention programs. we extracted data according to the cut‑off points of dyslipidemia used in each study. all published papers on this...

Abstract Social exclusion refers to a process by which “individuals or groups...are denied the opportunity of participation, whether they actually desire participate not” (MacLeod et al. 2017; Barry 2002,p.16). In relation old-age social exclusion, Tournier and Vidovicova (2019) have defined spatial community as “the unintended reduction mobility outside personal home (spatial component) partic...

the present study aimed to determine awareness of tehran residents of seven warning signs of cancer, and application of protective measures against cancer. 2500 residents of tehran were selected through systematic cluster random sampling. data collection tool consisted of a questionnaire, comprising 3 sections of demographic details, awareness of warning signs of cancer, and application of prot...

 The main objective of this paper is to assess the effects of architectural components on residential complex to achieve a desirable rate of privacy for the residents. Privacy is a process in which the transactions among individuals can be adjus‌ted by means of providing a suitable relationship between people and their built environment. In addition, since the transaction between the behavior o...

abstract the high prevalence of diabetes in iran and other developing countries is chiefly attributed to urbanization. the objectives of the present study were to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and to determine its associated risk factors. this study is a part of the national noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance, conducted in 31 provinces of iran in 2011. first, 100...

The hormone corticosterone (CORT) is an important component of a bird's response to environmental stress, but it can also have negative effects. Therefore, birds on migration are hypothesized to have repressed stress responses (migration-modulation hypothesis). In contrast to earlier studies on long-distance migrants, we evaluate this hypothesis in a population containing both migratory and res...