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Association of KALRN, ADIPOQ, and FTO gene polymorphism in type 2 diabetic patients with coronary artery disease: possible predisposing markers.
(2016)
Recently, several genes have been introduced as potential genetic markers for diabetes mellitus and coronary artery diseases (CAD).In this case-control study, the associations of rs2241766 T/G of ADIPOQ, rs9289231 T/G of ...
Eating disorders risk and its relation to self-esteem and body image in Iranian university students of medical sciences.
(2016)
Eating disorders are rapidly increasing in young adults. But, a few studies have examined the risk of eating disorders and body image in university students of non-Western societies. The current study aimed to assess eating ...
Estimating Economic Burden of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Smoking in Iran.
(2015)
There is a broad consensus among health policy-makers that smoking has a significant impact on both heath system and society. The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of major cancer deaths caused by ...
Cancer Care Burden among Primary Family Caregivers of Iranian Hematologic Cancer Patients.
(2015)
Providing care for hematologic cancer patients may lead to many negative complications in different aspects of life in their family caregivers. Based on a wide review of relevant literature, there are limited data about ...
Serum and tissue endothelin-1 are independent from intima-media thickness of peripheral arteries in patients with chronic kidney disease.
(2015)
We aimed to study the relationship of peripheral arteries' atherosclerosis with serum and tissue endothelin-1 in chronic kidney disease patients.Ninety patients were enrolled, including 35 patients with chronic kidney ...
The association of the transitions in smoking stages with prevalence of cigarette smoking in the classes and schools: a longitudinal study.
(2014)
Adolescent tobacco use remains a major public health priority to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use in community. The aim of this study was determining the association of the transitions in smoking stages with prevalence ...
Comparison of titanium elastic nails with traction and spica cast in treatment of children's femoral shaft fractures.
(2013)
Titanium Elastic Nails (TEN) are commonly used to stabilize femoral fractures in school-aged children, but there have been few studies assessing the risk of traditional traction and application of spica cast. The aim of ...
Predictors of hospital mortality and serious complications in patients admitted with excessive warfarin anticoagulation.
(2016)
Warfarin is the most commonly used oral anticoagulant and serious bleeding remains the most feared complication. Excessive warfarin anticoagulation (EWA) can be associated with adverse outcome. We aimed to identify the ...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in north-west of Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan: a major public health concern for Iranian people.
(2015)
Republic of Azerbaijan is considered as an area with high prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Uncontrolled travelling of Azerbaijanis people to Iran is the issue that needs to be considered as an important ...
Association between p53 codon 72 (Arg72Pro) polymorphism and primary open-angle glaucoma in Iranian patients.
(2015)
Glaucomatous neuropathy is a type of cell death due to apoptosis. The p53 gene is one of the regulatory genes of apoptosis. Recently, the association between the p53 gene encoding for proline at codon 72 and primary ...