1Child Growth and Development Research Center, Pediatric Pulmonology Department, Research Institute of Primordial Prevention of NonCommunicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran 2Imam Hassan Mojtaba Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, IR Iran 3Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, T...

In northern provinces of Iran high rates of incidence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme deficiency have been reported and most of these patients carry one of the three common G6PD gene mutations: Mediterranean, Chatham or Cosenza. The aim of this study was to investigate prevalence of each of these mutations among neonates in Mazandaran, a northern province of Iran. Four hundre...

cardiovascular disease (cvd) due to atherosclerosis is the foremost cause of premature mortality and of disability-adjusted life years (dalys) in developed and developing countries (1).  the associated mortality is  preventable through treatment of dyslipidemia (2). over half of the first chd events and 3/4 of chd deaths are preventable by controlling the risk factors, including diet, exercise,...

BACKGROUND Iran has one of the highest rates of road traffic crash death rates throughout the world and road traffic injuries are the leading cause of years of life lost in the country. Using child car safety seats is not mandatory by law in Iran. The purpose of this research was to determine the parental willingness to pay (WTP) for child restraints in Mashad, the second most populated city in...

Recent environmental changes play a role in the dramatic increase in the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) such as obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemias and the metabolic syndrome in industrialized countries. Therefore, identifying environmental characteristics that are associated with risk factors is critical to develop more effective public health intervention...

UNLABELLED Retrospective study aiming at evaluating the interference of associate diseases in the evolution and prognosis of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. MATERIALS AND METHODS Case-Control Study. Thirty-five patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss were divided in two groups, one of them with associate diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidem...

INTRODUCTION Despite significant improvement in Anti-HBV vaccination and treatment, HBV infection continues to be a major global health problem. It has been reported that as much as 350 million carriers exist in the world and about one million of them will die annually (1). The prevalence of HBV infection in Iran ranged between 2.7 to 7.2 %, which declined below 2% following national vaccinatio...

Despite having a relatively low prevalence in the Iranian general population, the burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is on the rise, and hepatitis C is predicted to be the most important leading cause of viral hepatitis-related mortality in the near future in Iran. The recent population-based epidemiological studies have revealed the predominant role of injecting drug use in increasing...

BACKGROUND Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is one of the most common genetic deficiencies, which approximately 400 million people in the world suffer from. According to authors' initial search, numerous studies have been carried out in Iran regarding molecular variants of this enzyme. Thus, this meta-analysis presented a reliable estimation about prevalence of different types of molecular mut...