OBJECTIVE To assess the breast-feeding condition based on economic status among primary school children and comparison between Turkman and non-Turkman ethnic groups in northern Iran in 2010. METHODS This was a descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective research study, carried out on 6882 primary school children (4157 = non-Turkman and 2725 = Turkman) from 112 school of urban and villages ...

BACKGROUND Mother's milk plays an important role in infant's health, and World Health Organization (WHO) recommends infants should be breastfed for 2 years or up. AIM The main objective of this study was to evaluate the breastfeeding status based on parents' educational level with comparison between Turkman and non-Turkman ethnic groups in the North of Iran in 2010. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thi...

Cytochrome P450 2C9 is considered as a vital enzyme for drugs and toxic detoxification in human body. The present study was carried out to assess the distribution of CYP2C9 allele and genotypic variants in two ethnic groups (Fars and Turkman) in the North East of Iran. The present study contained 110 unrelated healthy Turkman origin and 110 unrelated healthy Fars origin people who were referred...

the people and nation of central asia: turkmans live in the north of afghanistan and the east of the caspian sea and at some parts of turkmenistan and uzbekistan.iranian turk-mans live in the north east of iran in turkman sahra.they have a special, rich and indige-nous culture. there are many fables and beliefs on the making of turkman carpets. here we recall the tale of “agh-morad”3 . mos...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences of obesity rate among three ethnic groups in northern adults in IR Iran in 2010. METHODS The present cross-sectional, analytical study was conducted on 2994 cases of the same age and sex in three ethnic proportions (Fars-native=1625, Turkman=977, and Sisstani=392). The subjects aged between 15 and 65 years old and were selected ...

OBJECTIVE Different findings indicate that CYP2C plays a clinical role in determining interindividual and interethnic differences in drug effectiveness. The ethnic differences in the frequency of CYP2C19 mutant alleles continue to be a significant study topic. The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of allelic variants of CYP2C19 in Turkman ethnic groups and compare them with t...

BACKGROUND Despite improvements in child health, malnutrition still remains one of the main public health challenges in Iran. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare under nutrition among under-five children with regard to ethnicity in rural area in north Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS In three cross-sectional studies 7575 subjects in three time-periods including 2339 children in 1998, ...