aim and background: individuals are faced with numerous stressful life events which can negatively influence their mental health. many individuals use smoking as a means of confronting stress. given the relatively high prevalence of smoking in central iran, the present study was conducted to compare stress levels in smokers, non-smokers, and those who had quit smoking. methods and materials: th...

BACKGROUND Limited information exists from the dietary pattern of children and adolescents particularly in developing countries. We aimed to detect major dietary patterns and their association with socio-demographic characteristics of Iranian adolescents. METHODS Healthy Heart Promotion from Childhood as one of the "Isfahan Healthy Heart Program", Iran, projects was conducted in adolescents a...

BACKGROUND Individuals are faced with numerous stressful life events which can negatively influence mental health. Many individuals use smoking as a means of confronting stress. Given the relatively high prevalence of smoking in central Iran, the present study was conducted to compare stress levels in smokers, non-smokers and those who had quit smoking. METHODS This study was conducted as par...

BACKGROUND Only a few studies have carried out to evaluate the association of depression and anxiety with metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the depression and anxiety are associated with MetS and its different components. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study forms part of the prospective Isfahan Cohort Study. A total of 470 participants we...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetSy), an important predisposing factor for the most of noncommunicable diseases, has become a global pandemic. Given different definitions used for the MetSy, recently using a score termed "continuous MetSy risk score (CMetSyS)" is recommended. The aim of this study was to provide a CMetSyS in a population-based sample of Iranian adults and to assess its determi...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is more prevalent among Iranian adolescences. This study aimed to find the relationship between obesity and MetS among different education grades of Iranian adolescence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Overall, 1039 junior high school and 953 high school students were selected using multistage random sampling. Fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglyceride (TG...

OBJECTIVES To determine the gender-specific prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (Met S) in a representative sample of Iranian adults, and to identify some possible related lifestyle factors. METHODS As the baseline survey of a community-based interventional program entitled Isfahan Healthy Heart Program, we performed this cross-sectional study on 12,514 adults (> or =19 years) living in urba...

BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome (Mets) consists of major clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. This study determines the association of socioeconomic determinants and smoking behavior in a population-based sample of Iranians with Mets. METHODS This cross-sectional survey comprised 12600 randomly selected men and women aged ≥ 19 years living in three counties in central pa...

abstract  introduction: this study was conducted to cluster cardiac risk factors of patients and to compare the prevalence of these risk factors in diabetic patients and patients with glucose intolerance with normal people, and also to compare the prevalence of these factors in known and new cases of diabetes mellitus. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample se...

abstract  introduction: hypertension is the most prevalent chronic disease encountered by physicians. its prevalence has been reported at 18% in isfahan province. hypertension control decreases the risk of stroke and coronary events by 50% and 15%, respectively. according to the world health organization (who), the rate of blood pressure control stands at 12.5%. effective hypertension control r...