introduction: glucose, cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (ldl-c), triglyceride, and high density lipoprotein (hdl-c) are the related biochemical factors to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. the present study aimed to assess the seasonal changes in serum levels of these factors in healthy individuals. materials and methods: in the present applied study, demographic information and written...

background diabetes mellitus is assumed to be a strong risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (cvd) and is frequently associated with other cvd risk factors. objectives the aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of different patterns of dyslipidemia in individuals with diabetes compared with non-diabetic subjects and evaluate other accompanied cvd risk factors between the two groups....

background: community pharmacies are considered as ideal settings to provide cardiovascular risk screening (crs). however, little is known about pharmacists’ views on providing such services in developing countries including iran. in the present study, we evaluated the pharmacists’ attitudes and perceived barriers to providing crs services. methods: in a cross-sectional study, a questionnaire i...

background: this study aimed at estimating the proportion of diabetes as a risk factor to the attributable burden of cardiovascular diseases in iran. methods: comparative risk assessment methodology was used to calculating potential impact fraction (pif). to calculate pif, data on the prevalence of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus (ndm) and known diabetes mellitus (kdm) were obtained from 3rd ...

the metabolic syndrome (ms) recognized as a major cause of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, has become one of the major public health challenges worldwide. the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome is multiple and still poorly understood. no single factor has yet been identified as an underlying causal factor. there is a growing belief, however, that obesity, specially visceral obe...

background and objectives: dietary approaches to stop hypertension (dash) eating pattern, a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy with a reduced content of sodium, saturated fat, and total fat is introduced as an appropriate diet for hypertension. this eating pattern was basically designed to normalize blood pressure in patients with hypertension, and a large body of d...