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although primary chronic hypertension (htn) is increasingly common in adolescence, secondary forms of htn are more common among children. primary htn is associated with being overweight and/or a positive family history of htn. carotid intima-media thickness, a known risk factor for atherosclerosis is frequent in both adults and children with htn and other associated cardiovascular (cv) risk fac...

studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz.   materials and methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 80 car...

background: the incidence of restenosis in patients suffering from coronary artery disease after undergoing angioplasty is of paramount importance. accordingly, this study aimed to investigate factors affecting the time of the first incidence of restenosis in patients undergone angioplasty in the city of zanjan, iran.   methods: this retrospective cohort study was conducted on 421 patients who ...

abo blood type antigens are polymorphic, inherited structures presented on the surface of red blood cells. although abo blood group antigens is the most important antigens in transfusion medicine, its main role is not clearly clarified. correlation between abo blood group and susceptibility to certain infectious and non-infectious diseases is a controversial issue. since, lack of blood type ant...

background: cardiovascular disease (cvd) is the cause of one third of deaths worldwide and this will progress because of increasing cvd's risk factors. the most basic task of dealing with the epidemic of cvd is primary prevention of risk factors. as atherogenic index of plasma (aip) is a strong marker to predict the risk of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, we assessed the correlation...

diseases of heart and stroke cause most deaths in both sexes of all ethnic groups. for more than 40 years epidemiological studies, experimental studies, and clinical trials have shown that numerous dietary risk factors affect serum lipids, atherogenesis and coronary heart disease (chd). substantial interest has recently focused on the hypothesis that the naturally occurring antioxidant vitamins...

background: considering the existence of controversies about the predictive value of inflammatory markers for cardiovascular disease (cvd), we aimed to compare the level of high?sensitivity c?reactive protein (hs?crp) and interlukin?6 (il?6) level in chronic hemodialysis (hd) patients with and without cvd. materials and methods: in this historical cohort study, hd patients with and without cvd ...

background only a few studies in western countrieshave investigated the association between gastroesophageal reflux disease(gerd) and mortality at the general population level and they have shown mixedresults. this study investigated the association between gerd symptoms andoverall and cause-specific mortality in a large prospective population-based studyin golestan province, iran. methods base...

introduction: today, air pollution is one of the critical problems in metropolitans and necessary preparations are needed for confronting with this crisis. the present study was based on the goal of determining the relation of air pollutant levels with the rate of emergency admission for respiratory and cardiovascular patients. methods: in the present retrospective cross- sectional study, all r...