the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes including obesity has increased over the past few years in iran. the increase in these diseases has been associated with increased urbanization and lifestyle changes. the burden of non-communicable diseases (ncd) is increasing in low and middle-income countries. the aim of this report is to address the threat of ncds ...

background: this article was to present the sampling and measurements methods and the main preliminary findings of the kercadr cohort study (first round) in an urban and peri-urban setting, kerman, southeastern iran2009-11. method: 5900 (3238 female) people aged between 15 to 75 years were recruited in the household survey by non-proportional to size one-stage cluster sampling. trained internal...

the purpose of this study was to analyse the prevalence of postmenopausal osteoporosis risk factors and to analyse the t-score variability in spine and hip according to the associated risk factors.this is a retrospective study (2003-2007) including 177 female patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. the patients were separated in seven groups according to the number of risk factors per case. ...

background and objectives: painting workshops are part of the woodwork (carpentry) industry in which despite advances in technology, the work force fulfills most of the roles in the production process. since such manual activities are often performed with awkward postures due to lack of workers’ awareness and inappropriate design of tools and working conditions, ergonomic assessment of work env...

purpose : to introduce a novel classification system for the extent of choroid invasion and to analyze the incidence of histopathologic risk factors (hrfs) in the patients with retinoblastoma in china methods : the clinical data of 104 enucleated eyes diagnosed with retinoblastoma were retrospectively reviewed, and the pathological re-examination of the enucleated eyes was conducted. results : ...

purpose : to investigate long-term ocular manifestations of ocular behcet’s disease (bd), and the causes for blindness methods : in august 2008, at shariati hospital of tehran (behcet unit) all files of the ocular bd patients from 1976 to 2008 who were legally blind (visual acuity=20/200 or less) at least in one eye at the last visit and had at least three years of follow-up were reviewed and t...

conclusions although older patients need more self-care and the quality of this self-care originates from their attitude toward cvd risk factors, their lack of awareness about the main risk factor of their condition is a major challenge for secondary prevention measures. in addition, younger patients’ significant emphasis on biological risk factors as uncorrectable factors can reduce their sens...

background and aim: more than 50% of road fatalities occur in the 15 to 44-years old which are the young and active group of the society. one of the effective ways to reduce road accidents is using safety belts. in this study the rate of seat belt use and its associated factors have been estimated in the 15 to 44-years old of kerman. materials and methods: this study was a cross-sectional descr...

background : the pathologies classified as urinary tract infections (uti) can have a deleterious effect on patients who have undergone a renal transplantation.  often recurrent utis will occur, leading to high morbidity, failure of the grafting process overall and even death.  the study presented here seeks to expand the knowledge of recurrent utis in the context of renal transplantation, what ...

conclusions this study showed that some lifestyle factors, particularly exposure to radiation, chemicals, pesticides, and contact with pets or livestock, can play an important role in etiology of leukemia. results exposure to radiation (p = 0.0001), chemicals (p = 0.02), pesticides (p = 0.01), and contact with pets or livestock (p = 0.0001) were associated with the risk of leukemia, but a histo...