TY - JOUR
T1 - Third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (SuRFNCD-2007) in Iran
T2 - Methods and results on prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, central obesity, and dyslipidemia
AU - Esteghamati, Alireza
AU - Meysamie, Alipasha
AU - Khalilzadeh, Omid
AU - Rashidi, Armin
AU - Haghazali, Mehrdad
AU - Asgari, Fereshteh
AU - Kamgar, Mandana
AU - Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi
AU - Abbasi, Mehrshad
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical education, Tehran, Iran.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Background. The burden of non-communicable diseases is rising globally. This trend seems to be faster in developing countries of the Middle East. In this study, we presented the latest prevalence rates of a number of important non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in the Iranian population. Methods. The results of this study are extracted from the third national Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (SuRFNCD-2007), conducted in 2007. A total of 5,287 Iranian citizens, aged 15?64 years, were included in this survey. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were applied to collect the data of participants including the demographics, diet, physical activity, smoking, history of hypertension, and history of diabetes. Anthropometric characteristics were measured and serum biochemistry profiles were determined on venous blood samples. Diabetes (fasting plasma glucose 126 mg/dl), hypertension (systolic blood pressure 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure 90 mmHg, or use of anti-hypertensive drugs), dyslipidemia (hypertriglyceridemia: triglycerides 150 mg/dl, hypercholesterolemia: total cholesterol 200 mg/dl), obesity (body mass index 30 kg/m2), and central obesity (waist circumference 80 cm in females and 94 cm in males) were identified and the national prevalence rates were estimated. Results. The prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and central obesity was 8.7% (95%CI = 7.4?10.2%), 26.6% (95%CI = 24.4?28.9%), 22.3% (95%CI = 20.2?24.5%), and 53.6% (95%CI = 50.4?56.8%), respectively. The prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia was 36.4% (95%CI = 34.1?38.9%) and 42.9% (95%CI = 40.4?45.4%), respectively. All of the mentioned prevalence rates were higher among females (except hypertriglyceridemia) and urban residents. Conclusion. We documented a strikingly high prevalence of a number of chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors among Iranian adults. Urgent preventive interventions should be implemented to combat the growing public health problems in Iran.
AB - Background. The burden of non-communicable diseases is rising globally. This trend seems to be faster in developing countries of the Middle East. In this study, we presented the latest prevalence rates of a number of important non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in the Iranian population. Methods. The results of this study are extracted from the third national Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (SuRFNCD-2007), conducted in 2007. A total of 5,287 Iranian citizens, aged 15?64 years, were included in this survey. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were applied to collect the data of participants including the demographics, diet, physical activity, smoking, history of hypertension, and history of diabetes. Anthropometric characteristics were measured and serum biochemistry profiles were determined on venous blood samples. Diabetes (fasting plasma glucose 126 mg/dl), hypertension (systolic blood pressure 140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure 90 mmHg, or use of anti-hypertensive drugs), dyslipidemia (hypertriglyceridemia: triglycerides 150 mg/dl, hypercholesterolemia: total cholesterol 200 mg/dl), obesity (body mass index 30 kg/m2), and central obesity (waist circumference 80 cm in females and 94 cm in males) were identified and the national prevalence rates were estimated. Results. The prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and central obesity was 8.7% (95%CI = 7.4?10.2%), 26.6% (95%CI = 24.4?28.9%), 22.3% (95%CI = 20.2?24.5%), and 53.6% (95%CI = 50.4?56.8%), respectively. The prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia was 36.4% (95%CI = 34.1?38.9%) and 42.9% (95%CI = 40.4?45.4%), respectively. All of the mentioned prevalence rates were higher among females (except hypertriglyceridemia) and urban residents. Conclusion. We documented a strikingly high prevalence of a number of chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors among Iranian adults. Urgent preventive interventions should be implemented to combat the growing public health problems in Iran.
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U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-9-167
DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-9-167
M3 - Article
C2 - 19480675
AN - SCOPUS:67949099045
SN - 1471-2458
VL - 9
JO - BMC public health
JF - BMC public health
M1 - 167
ER -
