Malihe Khoramdad

• Assistant professor of Epidemiology at University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences

Background We conducted a phase III, non-inferiority trial comparing safety and efficacy of RCP recombinant spike protein Covid-19 vaccine to BBIBP (Sinopharm). Methods Adult Iranian population received RCP or BBIBP in a randomized, double blind and an additional non-randomized open labeled trial arms. Eligible participants signed a written informe...

Background: Identifying breast cancer risk factors is a critical component of preventative strategies for this disease. This study aims to identify modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors of breast cancer in Iranian women. Methods: We used international databases (PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Knowledge, and Embase) and national databases (S...

Background and aim: To conduct a systematic literature review and synthesize data from all epidemiological studies investigating the association between diabetes and migraine in adults. Method and material: Electronic databases, including Web of Science, PubMed and Scopus in addition to Google Scholar search engine were systematically searched up t...

9. Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Office (SAPTO), Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME), Tehran, Iran ↑What is "already known" in this topic: Cigarette smoking was known as gateway drug in vulnerable populations, especially in college students. There is no consensus about the recent trends and prevalence rate of cigarette smoki...

Background: We aimed to develop the age- and sex-specific reference values for lipid profile of Iranian pediatric population. Methods: Fasting lipid profiles of 3843 participants, aged 7 to 18 years, were extracted from a surveillance survey on Iranian children and adolescents living in 30 provinces across the country. Results: The mean (SD) a...

Background and aims: one of the health concerns for any society is to have its own standard of growth. The aim of this study was to provide the age-and sex-specific percentile values of anthropometric measures for adolescents of developing countries. The use of global percentiles in developing countries overestimates underweight and stunting while...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of serum zinc deficiency and provide the age-and sex-specific percen-tile values of serum zinc in children and adolescents. Methods: We used the gathered data through the CASPIAN-V study, a national survey conducted on 3500 students aged 7-18 years from 30 provinces of Iran. In this study, 1370 blood samples...

Background: The association between passive smoking (PS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has not yet been fully clarified.

Blood-borne infections are life-threatening challenges among prisoners. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of these infections and related risk behaviors among male prisoners. This cross-sectional study was performed on 1,034 voluntarily enrolled male prisoners in several prisons of Kermanshah province, Iran. All participants com...

Introduction: injuries as one of the main concerns of public health and social problem affect a wide range of population particularly in countries with low and middle incomes. In the present study, we aimed to describe the epidemiology of different types of injuries occurring in Kermanshah province, Iran, with an enormous sample size in 2015-2016....

Objectives: To perform a meta-analysis on the global prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in postmen-opausal women. The meta-analysis also sought to measure the relationship menopause status has with MetS and its components. Methods: The Web of Science, Medline, PubMed, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL, DOAJ, and Google Scholar were all searched using the...

Objectives: Based upon inflammatory-related factors in chronic systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), as well as the long-term prescription of corticosteroids, metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence is expected to be higher in SLE patients than among those without SLE. The aim of this study was to systematically analyze: (1) the worldwide prevalence of...