BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine for the first time the age- and gender-specific reference intervals for biomarkers of bone, metabolism, nutrition, and obesity in a nationally representative sample of the Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS We assessed the data of blood samples obtained from healthy Iranian children and adolescents, aged 7 to 19 years. The reference intervals of...

BACKGROUND Since 2005, pediculosis is one of the obligatory reportable diseases from community to the Center of Disease Control. This study is the first nationwide survey on the prevalence of pediculosis and some associated risk factors in Iranian children and adolescents. METHODS National data of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education were gathered in 2005 through school screening prog...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the association of neck circumference (NC) with obesity to determine the sex-specific and age-specific optimal cut-off points of this measure in association with obesity in a national sample of the Iranian paediatric population. METHODS This survey on weight disorders was conducted among a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents, aged 6-18 y...

A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model. UCBPP-PA14 exhibits ecotype specificity for Arabidopsis, causing a range of symptoms from none to severe in four different ecotypes. In the mouse model, UCBPP-PA14 is as lethal as other well-studied P. aeruginosa strains. Mutations in ...

Background: Obesity is increasing in Iranian school aged and there is lack of information on the energy and macronutrient intake of children. The objective of this research was to study the energy and macronutrient intake in Iranian school children. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on Iranian school aged boys and girls aged 14-19 years old from all th...

Moving on from a city to another is a stressful situation. Emigration to another country on the other hand, could be even more stressful for many reasons such as the new cultural and educational environment (1), especially for children and adolescents due to leaving a familiar environment to unfamiliar one which can seriously affect their both mental and physical health status (2). Therefore, o...