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Correlation of resting heart rate with anthropometric factors and serum biomarkers in a population-based study: Fasa PERSIAN cohort study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background There is a positive association between raised resting heart rate (RHR), and all causes of mortality and shorter life expectancy. Several serum biomarkers and some anthropometric factors can affect the resting heart rate.
Yashar Goorakani, Massih Sedigh Rahimabadi, Azizallah Dehghan, Maryam Kazemi, Mahsa Rostami Chijan, Mostafa Bijani, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Ali Davoodi, Mojtaba Farjam, Reza Homayounfar   +9 more
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What is the NCD service capacity and disruptions due to COVID-19? Results from the WHO non-communicable disease country capacity survey in the Americas region

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective This article presents the Americas regional results of the WHO non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Country Capacity Survey from 2019 to 2021, on NCD service capacity and disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.Setting Information on public sector ...
Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Dolores Ondarsuhu   +4 more
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Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Ultra-processed food (UPF) can be harmful to the population’s health. To establish associations between UPF and health outcomes, food consumption can be assessed using availability data, such as purchase lists or household budget surveys. The aim of this
Taissa Pereira de Araújo, M. D. de Moraes, V. Magalhães, C. Afonso, Cristina Santos, S. Rodrigues   +5 more
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Thyroid function and opium use disorder: a cross-sectional study on the Fasa adults cohort study (FACS), 2017

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023
Background Addiction increases the risk of different lifelong disorders. However, there are limited studies evaluating the effects of opioid use disorder (OUD) on thyroid function.
Babak Pezeshki, Hossein Pourmontaseri, Reza Homayounfar, Maryam Talebi Moghaddam, Azizallah Dehghan   +4 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards face mask use among residents of Greater Chennai Corporation, India, March 2021

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundWearing a mask is one of the simplest ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Studies reported poor mask compliance in Greater Chennai Corporation, India. Hence, we described the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding mask use among adults (
Ramya Nagarajan, Polani Rubeshkumar, Murugesan Jagadeesan, Mohankumar Raju, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Sharan Murali, Muthappan Sendhilkumar, Kumaravel Ilangovan, Dineshkumar Harikrishnan, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Prabhdeep Kaur   +11 more
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Effects of eHealth-Based Multiple Health Behavior Change Interventions on Physical Activity, Healthy Diet, and Weight in People With Noncommunicable Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
Background Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are associated with the burden of premature deaths and huge medical costs globally. There is an increasing number of studies combining a multiple health behavior change (MHBC) intervention paradigm with eHealth ...
Y. Duan, B. Shang, Wei Liang, Gaohui Du, Min Yang, R. Rhodes   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigating the prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a population-based study: Fasa PERSIAN COHORT data

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background A high prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) and its subsequent serious complications made this disease a major health-treatment concern in many societies.
Mostafa Bijani, Saeed Parvizi, Azizallah Dehghan, Massih Sedigh-Rahimabadi, Mahsa Rostami-chijan, Maryam Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Alireza Ghaemi, Reza Homayounfar, Mojtaba Farjam   +9 more
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Anticancer traits of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)-Natural Killer (NK) cells as novel approaches for melanoma treatment

BMC Cancer, 2022
Owing to non-responsiveness of a high number of patients to the common melanoma therapies, seeking novel approaches seem as an unmet requirement. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells were initially employed against recurrent or refractory B cell ...
Maryam Bahmanyar, Mohammad Kazem Vakil, Ghaidaa Raheem Lateef Al-Awsi, Seyed Amin Kouhpayeh, Yaser Mansoori, Behnam Mansoori, Ali Moravej, Abdulbaset Mazarzaei, Abdolmajid Ghasemian   +8 more
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Entornos y actividad física en enfermedades crónicas: Más allá de factores asociados [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Chronic noncommunicable diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality. The most cost-effective strategy is the practice of physical activity but there is a direct relationship between the increase of these diseases with the high ...
Arango-Alzate, Catalina Maria, Muñoz-Rodríguez, Diana Isabel, Segura-Cardona, Ángela Maria   +2 more
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A Methodology for Mapping the Patient Journey for Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 2021
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for 71% of all worldwide mortality each year, and have an exceptionally large impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Tanaya Bharatan, Ratna Devi, Pai-Hui Huang, A. Javed, B. Jeffers, P. Lansberg, Kaveri Sidhu, K. Subramaniam   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source