introduction: cigarette smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and it has been identified as the single most important cause of cardiovascular accident related deaths in most countries. methods: 1573 people who lives in 17th zone of tehran (population research center of tehran university of medical sciences) were investigated by a cross- sectional study. a group of...

non-communicable disease continues to be an important public health problem in india, being responsible for a major proportion of mortality and morbidity. demographic changes, changes in the lifestyle along with increased rates of urbanization are the major reasons responsible for the tilt towards the non-communicable diseases. in india, there is no regular system for collecting data on non-com...

introdouction: recent studies have reported the connection between increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes with the presence of chronic periodontitis. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between chronic periodontitis and triglyceride, high- and low-density lipoprotein (hdl and ldl), and glucose levels. materials and methods: a total of 102 individuals particip...

background: changes in global temperature and its health effects have recently been under much investigated. consequently, these changes have affected mortality and morbidity rates which are important public health indices. the present study examines the effect of mean temperature on the frequency of hospitalization due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in ali ibn abi talib hospital of...

background: nutrition is among the most important factors influencing coronary artery disease. objectives: here we aimed to study the nutritional status of patients with and without coronary artery disease (cad). patients and methods: we performed a cross-sectional study on 600 patients referred to a cardiology clinic with the signs of acs. the patients were then classified in to two groups (ca...

abo and rh blood groups were studied in a total of 1680 patients with cardiovascular diseases (congenital n=547, valvular n=887 and coronary n=246). statistical analysis (x2and woolf’s test) showed significant excess of b/o in mitral valve, aortic valve total valvular diseases and heart diseases generally, also an increase of a/o in myocardial infarction. significant increase of the frequency o...

aim: cardiovascular diseases (cvds) are the main contributor to disability and the leading cause of death in iran and worldwide. this study was done to determine the effect of education on behaviors related to cvds among yazd city restaurants` chefs.method: in an experimental study, the intervention factor for case group was education through lectures, pamphlets, and videos. all the restaurant ...

introduction: determining the overlap rates is a quantitative method to compare database contents. in this survey, traditional overlap, relative overlap and synthetic degrees of freedom between pubmed as a free database and scopus as a subscription-based one in the cardiovascular disease field have been determined. methods: this descriptive applied research was done during january to june 2009....

introduction: cardiovascular diseases are important factors at human death and factor destroys human resources. health intervention is a service for developing of health and diagnoses or modifies of process diseases. it is necessary that every country regarding to its goals, laws national, interests and standards, considers establishing such a system. a comparison of cardiovascular disease clas...