A Study on Prevalence and Factors Affecting Hypertension in an Iranian Population: Results from the Fasa Cohort Study.

Journal: Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Published Date: Oct 23, 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In recent years, hypertension has been one of the most important noncommunicable diseases worldwide. In this context, identifying the predictors of this disease can help health policymakers to reduce its burden. This study aimed to identify some of the most important influential factors of hypertension and present a model to predict this disease in the data from a large sample cohort study.

Authors

  • Seyede Melika Taheri Ghaleno
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Abdollah Safari
    School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Iran.
  • Reza Homayounfar
    National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Mojtaba Farjam
    Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
  • Mehdi Rezaeian
    Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
  • Fariba Asadi
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Fatemeh Masaebi
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Masoud Salehi
    Nutritional Sciences Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Maryam Heydarpour Meymeh
    Department of English Language, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Farid Zayeri
    Proteomics Research Center and Department of Biostatistics, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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