Cohort profile: the PERSIAN Dena Cohort Study (PDCS) of non-communicable diseases in Southwest Iran.

Javad HarooniFarahnaz JoukarReza GoujaniMasoumeh Khalighi SikaroudiAlireza HatamiMohammad-Amin ZolghadrpourMahdi HejaziZahra KarimiFatemeh RahmanpourSakineh Askari ShahidMohammad-Reza Jowshan

Published in: BMJ open (2024)

PDCS will be planned to re-evaluate NCD-related incidence, all-cause and cause-specific mortality every 5 years, along with annual follow-up for 15 years. Some examples of additional planned studies are evaluation of genetic, environmental risk, spirometry and ECG tests.

Keyphrases

risk factors
genome wide
heart rate
heart rate variability
copy number
cardiovascular disease
blood pressure
type diabetes
dna methylation
coronary artery disease
case control
cystic fibrosis
climate change