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Cigarette Smoking and Opium Use in Relation to the Oral Microbiota in Iran.

Microbiology spectrum

Wu Z, Han Y, Caporaso JG, Bokulich N, Mohamadkhani A, Moayyedkazemi A, Hua X, Kamangar F, Wan Y, Suman S, Zhu B, Hutchinson A, Dagnall C, Jones K, Hicks B, Shi J, Malekzadeh R, Abnet CC, Pourshams A, Vogtmann E.
PMID: 34523990
Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Oct 31;9(2):e0013821. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.00138-21. Epub 2021 Sep 15.

Cigarettes and opium contain chemicals and particulate matter that may modify the oral microbiota. This study aimed to investigate the association between cigarette and opium use with the oral microbiota. A total of 558 participants were recruited from Iran...

Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, and Risk of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: a Large Case-Control Study from Iran.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Momayez Sanat Z, Masoudi S, Mansouri M, Ghamarzad Shishavan N, Jameshorani M, Pourshams A.
PMID: 34712433
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2021 Jan;13(1):15-20. doi: 10.34172/mejdd.2021.198. Epub 2021 Mar 02.

BACKGROUND Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a deadly, globally increasing cancer. The causes of PC are still insufficiently known, however smoking, diabetes mellitus (DM), and obesity have been identified as risk factors of PC, mostly in the developed countries. We...

Burden of Transport-Related Injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Archives of Iranian medicine

, Safiri S, Sullman MJM, Lajunen T, Hill T, Almasi-Hashiani A, Moradi-Lakeh M, Farzadfar F, Sepanlou SG, Abu-Gharbieh E, Aghamolaei T, Ahmad T, Alghnam SA, Al-Hajj S, Alipour V, Aljunid SM, Anjomshoa M, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Arabloo J, Bayati M, Bedi N, Bendak S, Bhutta ZA, Bijani A, Dahlawi SMA, Dianatinasab M, Dibaji Forooshani ZS, Elhabashy HR, Emami Zeydi A, Eskandarieh S, Ghafourifard M, Ghashghaee A, Grivna M, Gubari MIM, Hamadeh RR, Hamidi S, Hayat K, Homaie Rad E, Hosseinzadeh M, Househ M, Naghibi Irvani SS, Jahani MA, Kalankesh LR, Kalhor R, Kamel I, Khammarnia M, Khan M, Khazaie H, Komaki H, Lahimchi A, Madadin M, Maleki S, Manafi N, Mansour-Ghanaei F, Mansournia MA, Menezes RG, Mohammad Y, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohebi F, Moradi G, Moradzadeh R, Mousavi SM, Naderi M, Nikbakhsh R, Pakshir K, Pourshams A, Rabiee N, Rafiei A, Rawassizadeh R, Rezapour A, Saddik B, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Salamati P, Salem MR, Salem H, Samy AM, Sathian B, Shahabi S, Shaikh MA, Shams-Beyranvand M, Shamsizadeh M, Sobhiyeh MR, Soheili A, Tehrani-Banihashemi A, Waheed Y, Yusefzadeh H, Zahirian Moghadam T, Zaki L, Zamani M, Zandian H, Malekzadeh R, Naghavi M.
PMID: 34488316
Arch Iran Med. 2021 Jul 01;24(7):512-525. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.74.

BACKGROUND: Transport-related injuries (TIs) are a substantial public health concern for all regions of the world. The present study quantified the burden of TIs and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) in 2017 by sex and age.METHODS: TIs...

Cohort profile: golestan hepatitis B cohort study- a prospective long term study in northern iran ​.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Poustchi H, Katoonizadeh A, Ostovaneh MR, Moossavi S, Sharafkhah M, Esmaili S, Pourshams A, Mohamadkhani A, Besharat S, Merat S, Mohamadnejad M, George J, Malekzadeh R.
PMID: 25349681
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2014 Oct;6(4):186-94.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the most common cause of end stage liver disease in Iran and in Golestan province. Large-scale population-based prospective cohort studies with long term follow-up are the method of choice to accurately understand the...

Direct Sequencing of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) Revealed an Intronic Variant rs201231411 in Iranian Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Mohamadkhani A, Akbari MR, Ghanbari R, Naderi E, Rezanejad-Asl P, Pourshams A.
PMID: 25628848
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2015 Jan;7(1):14-8.

BACKGROUND There are hoarding documents for the biological importance of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in pancreatic carcinogenesis. We aimed to thoroughly investigate the DNA sequence variations of whole COX-2 exons in a large case-control study of pancreatic cancer by direct sequencing....

The Nail as a Biomonitor of Trace Element Status in Golestan Cohort Study.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Hashemian M, Poustchi H, Pourshams A, Khoshnia M, Brockman JD, Hekmatdoost A, Abnet CC, Malekzadeh R.
PMID: 26933477
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2016 Jan;8(1):19-23. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2016.02.

BACKGROUND In the Golestan Cohort Study that was launched to investigate the causes of esophageal cancer, a complete biospecimen bank was established for storage of collected blood, urine, hair, and nail samples. The objective of this study was to...

Menstrual and Reproductive Factors and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in Women.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Masoudi S, Momayez Sanat Z, Mahmud Saleh A, Nozari N, Ghamarzad N, Pourshams A.
PMID: 28894516
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2017 Jul;9(3):146-149. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2017.65.

BACKGROUND Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a deadly disease with a 5-year survival of less than 5%. Worldwide PC incidence rates are lower among women than men. While this suggests a protective role for steroid hormones in PC risk, results...

Obtaining informed consent in an illiterate population.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Alaei M, Pourshams A, Altaha N, Goglani G, Jafari E.
PMID: 24829668
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2013 Jan;5(1):37-40.

BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is highly prevalent among the Turkman people in Northeastern Iran. In order to evaluate its etiology, there is an on-going prospective cohort study in this area involving approximately 50000 subjects over the age of 40 years....

Gastroenterology and hepatology training in the islamic republic of iran.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Saberifiroozi M, Abedian S, Pourshams A, Mohamadnejad M.
PMID: 25197530
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2011 Mar;3(1):35-43.

BACKGROUND Training in internal medicine has significantly evolved alongside the development of science, technology and new facilities during the past fifty years. After the specialty of internal medicine, there are multiple subspecialty training programs which have started since 1985...

Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in a Middle Eastern Country: Performance of the Globorisk and Score Functions in Four Population-Based Cohort Studies of Iran.

International journal of health policy and management

Fahimfar N, Fotouhi A, Mansournia MA, Malekzadeh R, Sarrafzadegan N, Azizi F, Mansourian M, Sepanlou SG, Emamian MH, Hadaegh F, Roohafza H, Hashemi H, Poustchi H, Pourshams A, Samavat T, Sharafkhah M, Talaei M, Van Klaveren D, Steyerberg EW, Khalili D.
PMID: 32668896
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2020 Jul 15; doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.103. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

BACKGROUND: Considering the importance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction for healthcare systems and the limited information available in the Middle East, we evaluated the SCORE and Globorisk models to predict CVD death in a country of this region.METHODS:...

Celiac Crisis in a Young Woman: Raising Awareness of a Life-Threatening Condition.

Middle East journal of digestive diseases

Jameshorani M, Pourshams A, Sadeghi A, Saffar H, Malekzadeh R.
PMID: 31824627
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2019 Oct;11(4):230-233. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2019.154. Epub 2019 Nov 05.

Celiac crisis is a rare, acute, and life-threatening presentation of celiac disease. Its clinical presentations consist of severe watery non-bloody diarrhea, electrolyte disturbances (i.e. hypokalemia, hyponatremia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and metabolic acidosis), hypoproteinemia, and dehydration. Here we present a 33-year-old...

An office-based cardiovascular prediction model developed and validated in cohort studies of a middle-income country: Developing and validating an office-based model to predict cardiovascular mortality using cohorts of a middle-income country.

Journal of clinical epidemiology

Fahimfar N, Malekzadeh R, Fotouhi A, Mansournia MA, Sarrafzadegan N, Azizi F, Sepanlou SG, Mansourian M, Hadaegh F, Emamian MH, Poustchi H, Talaei M, Pourshams A, Roohafza H, Sharafkhah M, Samavat T, Lotfaliany M, Steyerberg EW, Khalili D.
PMID: 34920114
J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Dec 14; doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.12.017. Epub 2021 Dec 14.

OBJECTIVE: Prediction models for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality come from high-income countries, comprising laboratory measurements not suitable for resource-limited countries. This study aims to develop and validate a non-laboratory model to predict CVD mortality in a middle-income setting.STUDY DESIGN...

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