Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are growing fast in different part of Iran. The present study aimed to investigate the population attributable fraction of hypertension associated with obesity in elderly population of Northwest Iran. Method and Materials: In the present study, data on prevalence of hypertension was extracted from the surveillance system of non-commutable diseases in 2009....

Background and Objective: High blood pressure is one of the most important health problems in the world. Considering that in Iran, and generally in all its provinces all its prevalence of obesity and high blood pressure among people is high, hence, the aim of this study is to determine the rate of the prevalence of hypertension in Yazd province attributable to obesity in the population of...

Background: Hypertension is one of the most important chronic illness worldwide and one the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Obesity and abdominal obesity are risk factors for high blood pressure. Population attributable fraction (PAF) answers the question of how much of the disease burden in a certain population may be reduced if a risk factor like obesity is removed from the po...

Introduction: Effective policies to reduce non-communicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases can be achieved using reliable evidence. Considering the importance and high cost of cardiovascular diseases, the present study was conducted to determine the population attributable fraction of cardiovascular disease associated with diabetes mellitus in the Yazd city Methods: This study ...