Background & aim: The reduction of fertility rate in the recent years in Iran may be due to the cultural and socioeconomic development in this country. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship of fertility rate with demographic, socioeconomic, and religious factors among childbearing women in a city in Easter Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 254 ...

background: statins have been effective medications in lowering serum total cholesterol (tc) concentrations across populations over time. the aim of this study was to estimate national and provincial trends in atorvastatin sales in iran, to systematically quantify its relationship with socio-economic indicators, and changes in tc level.   methods : in this retrospective ecological study, conduc...

conclusions the risk of symptomatic hav infection is considerable in adolescents of all studied provinces; thus, universal hav vaccination is recommended for all adolescents, regardless of their socioeconomic level. however, the risk is higher in some provinces, which seem to be transitioning from intermediate to low endemicity. results the weighted prevalence of hav varied significantly across...

conclusions in conclusion, dietary counseling of patients on hd is mandatory. interventions that consider the socio-economic situation allow delivering important messages on foods with the least amount of p and adequate protein content, and they may be a successful strategy in targeting patients at a higher risk of hyperphosphoremia. results results showed serum p level was reduced in patients ...

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BACKGROUND It is already known from multiple studies that obesity is distributed along a socioeconomic gradient. In the present study, we attempt to determine the relative importance of three different status indicators: income, education, and occupational position. METHOD Data were drawn from the 2003 Telephone Health Survey in Germany (n = 8318), which yielded representative information on ...

Statistical income surveys are used to document systemic changes in distribution and redistribution of household income and its determinants over the period 1988-1996. First, the growing difficulties facing income surveys under the democratic regime are considered. Secondly, the substantive meaning of various income indicators and their relation to the social and economic situation is discussed...

ABSTRACF: Bench terracing's effect on erosion, soil characteristics, crop yields, and cropping area and socioeconomic factors that affect farmers views and use of bench terraces were evaluated in the Kerinci uplands of Sumatra , Indonesia. Bench terraces reduced soil loss 70% (P<0.05) on enclosed runoff plots in comparison to unterraced fields under the same cropping pattern. Erosion under benc...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine socioeconomic gradients in mortality in adult women and their husbands in Bangladesh, paying particular attention to the independent effects of the educational status of each spouse. DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING Matlab, a rural area 60 km south east of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS 14803 married women aged 45 or over and their husband...