Background High blood pressure, blood glucose, serum cholesterol, and BMI are risk factors
for cardiovascular diseases and some of these factors also increase the risk of chronic …

Background Diet is a major modifiable risk factor for human health and overall consumption
patterns affect planetary health. We aimed to quantify global, regional, and national …

Purpose. The increasing incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the past three decades in
Iran has made it a major public health burden. This study aimed to report its epidemiologic …

Aim: To describe the epidemiology of congenital anomalies in Glasgow with special reference
to secular trends. Methods: The prevalence of congenital anomalies was determined …

Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Iran. The increasing
trend of colorectal cancer incidence in Iran and the close relationship with the geographical …

Background & aims To evaluate the controversies among the studies assessing the association
between folic acid intake or folate status and colorectal cancer risk. Methods PubMed, …

Background Hypospadias is a common male birth defect that has shown widespread variation
in reported prevalence estimates. Many countries have reported increasing trends over …

The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence, outcomes, and survival (among live
births [LB]), in pregnancies diagnosed with trisomy 13 (T13) and 18 (T18), by congenital …

… Cragan MD e , Saeed Dastgiri PhD f , Hermien EK de Walle PhD g , Marcia L. Feldkamp
PhD h , Amy Nance MPH i , Boris Groisman MD j , Miriam Gatt MD k , Adriana Benavides-Lara …

Background Globally, the second leading cause of death among adolescents is suicide and
in middle-income countries adolescents’ suicidal ideation is a neglected public health area. …