Authors
H Najafipour, A Mirzazadeh, AA Haghdoost, M Shadkam, M Afshari, M Moazenzadeh, HR Nasri, M Masoomi, F Mirzaiepour, B Sarvar Azimzadeh, A Forood, F Bahreini, MR Mahmoudi, M Sanjari, T Malek Mohamadi, GH Banivaheb, MA Naderi, GH Moshtaghi Kashanian, R Malekpour Afshar, Z Ghazanfari, S Navadeh, A Shah Esmaeili
Publication date
2012
Journal
Iranian journal of public health
Volume
41
Issue
9
Pages
86
Publisher
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Description
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 Iran 2009–11.
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 specialists, general practitioners, clinical psychologists and dentists have assessed the study subjects by person-assisted questionnaires regarding different NCD risk factors including cigarette and opium smoking, physical activity, nutrition habits, anxiety, depression, obesity, hypertension and oral health. Blood samples were also collected for determining FBS, HbA1c, cholesterol and triglyceride. Weighted standardized prevalence estimates were calculated by STATA 10 survey analysis package.
Results:
The …
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