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

type diabetes
risk factors
cardiovascular events
genome wide
heart rate
gene expression
copy number
coronary artery disease
risk assessment
human health