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Oral regimen for high dose methotrexate urine alkalinization: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Urine alkalinization prevents nephrotoxicity in patients receiving high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX). While the standard approach involves IV sodium bicarbonate, alternative oral bicarbonate regimens are crucial ...
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Exploring metabolically healthy obesity: prevalence, characteristics, and cardiovascular risk in the Iranian population based on the STEPS 2021
Regarding the rapidly increasing prevalence of obesity throughout the globe, it remains a serious public health concern. A subgroup of obesity that does not meet metabolic syndrome criteria is called metabolic...
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Open AccessThe synergistic effect of obesity and dyslipidemia on hypertension: results from the STEPS survey
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Open AccessAssociation of greenspaces exposure with cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cardiometabolic conditions are major contributors to the global burden of disease. An emerging body of evidence has associated access to and surrounding public open spaces (POS) and greenspace with cardiometab...
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Global, Regional, and National Quality of Care Index (QCI) of Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017
Gastric Cancer (GC)is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. We aimed to compare the quality of care of GC at global, regional, and national levels from 1990 to 2017 in different age, sex, and soci...
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Microplastics removal technologies from aqueous environments: a systematic review
Pollution of the environment with all kinds of plastics has become a growing problem. The problem of microplastics is mainly due to the absorption of stable organic pollutants and metals into them, and as a re...
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Open AccessPrevalence of plasma lipid abnormalities and associated risk factors among Iranian adults based on the findings from STEPs survey 2021
The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of lipid abnormalities in Iranian adults by demographic characterization, geographical distribution, and associated risk factors using national and sub-national repre...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the diabetes care cascade and compliance with WHO global coverage targets in Iran based on STEPS survey 2021
This study aimed to investigate the diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes epidemiology, care cascade, and compliance with global coverage targets. We recruited the results of the nationally representative Ira...
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Open AccessThe effect of psychological interventions targeting overweight and obesity in school-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Multi-component psychological interventions may mitigate overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Evidence is, however, scattered on the effectiveness of such interventions. This study aims to revie...
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The first nationally and sub-nationally representative non-communicable diseases cohort study in Iran: Iran Cohort Study (ICS) protocol
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a global health priority with a great need for prompt evidence-based preventing and managing interventions. Here, we describe the development of a comprehensive coh...
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The levels and trends of diabetes prevalence at national and sub-national levels in Iran (1990 – 2016)
The increasing trends in Diabetes prevalence and its attributed burden emphasized as an important issue that needs serious and urgent attention, all over the word. We estimated the mean Fasting Plasma Glucose ...
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Open AccessMap** age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018
Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is still among the leading causes of disease burden and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the world is not on track to m...
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Given the high prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the role of Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in diagnosing liver injury along with the increasing prevalence of lifestyle risk factors, ...
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Level and trend of total plasma cholesterol in national and subnational of Iran: a systematic review and age-spatio-temporal analysis from 1990 to 2016
We aimed to estimate the level and trend of plasma cholesterol and raised total cholesterol (TC > 200 mg/dl) prevalence at national and subnational level of Iran.
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Open AccessSocioeconomic inequality in violent behaviors, life dissatisfaction, and self-rated health in pediatric population: the CASPIAN-V study
Bullying, being a victim of violent behaviors, life satisfaction (LS) and self-rated health (SRH) in children and adolescents, all have consistently been recognized as vital factors in school performance and f...
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A new model for optimization of diabetes clinics with the case study in Iran
This study presented a new model for optimal assignment of human resources to 3-level defined clinics to improve the management of diabetes.
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Metabolomics prospect of obesity and metabolic syndrome; a systematic review
Due to growing concerns about the obesity pandemic as a worldwide phenomenon, a global effort has been made for managing it and associated disorders. Accordingly, metabolomics as a promising field of “OMICS” i...
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Correction to: Dietary diversity score and cardio‑metabolic risk factors: an updated systematic review and meta‑analysis
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Dietary diversity score and cardio-metabolic risk factors: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Dietary diversity score (DDS) has been known as a useful and convenient indicator of overall diet quality. Previous studies have reported the association between DDS and health problems such as diabetes, metab...
