background: life style is an important element to prevent the cancer. therefore, this study aimed to determine life style risk factors of tehran citizens as well as to prevent cancer. methods: this study is a descriptive - analytic research with sample size of 2500 tehran citizens. the study data was collected via a questionnaire that contained 2 parts: demographic and questions related to life...

abstract background: this study sought to determine patient characteristics, process of care, and outcome as predictors of reintubation after open-heart surgery. methods: we performed a retrospective case control study that included all patients undergoing cardiac surgery who required reintubation and an equal number of control patients not requiring reintubation. putative risk factors were ana...

abstract   background: the pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with increased intracarpal canal pressure. recently, palmaris longus has been introduced as an independent risk factor for the development of carpal tunnel syndrome. the purpose of this study was to assess the association of carpal tunnel syndrome with the presence of palmaris longus tendon and functional superfi...

prevalence of chronic disease could be adversely having an effect on the capability of the driver. in addition, it must increase probability of accidents. the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between chronic medical conditions and contribution in crashes among drivers. in this cross-sectional study, the populations were professional truck drivers. the numbers of 323 people were...

although genetic variants that affect susceptibility to coronary artery disease (cad) have been greatly known, a number of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) remain to be analyzed in populations with different ethnicities. cad is influenced by numerous genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, and is an important reason for mortality around the globe. in this study, a novel snp (...

conclusions the prevalence of nicotine use among ferdowsi university students is lower than the prevalence in the general population of iran and the prevalence in other countries. results for cigarette use, 17.6% of respondents reported using cigarettes at least once, 3.7% reported using cigarettes occasionally, and 3.9% reported using cigarettes on a regular basis. for water-pipe use, the corr...

purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...

hepatitis b (hb) disease occurs with high risk behaviors in the different communities. aim of this study was to find out some of local customs in lifestyle that might be risk factors for transmitting this disease in order to design the educational programs and control it periodically in chaharmahal va bakhtiari, iran. this was a case-control study, carried out on patients with hb and the contro...

results the study found that 72 patients, 43 males and 29 females, had documented hcv infections. age’s ranged from 20 - 75, with a mean of 48. the largest number of patients had the 1a genotypes (41 patients = 56.9%), followed by 3a (25 patients = 34.7%), and 1b and 4a each of them (3 patients = 4.2%). conclusions the study showed that genotypes 1a and 3a are the most common genotypes in patie...

background: colorectal cancer (crc) is the third common malignancy all over the world. modern life styles affecting nutritional habits have been providing a potential impact on crc. this study aims to assess the nutritional characteristics in crc patients of golestan province, northeast of iran. methods: all incident crc cases (n=47) in northeast of iran (2004-2005) and a matched number of heal...