Birjand Employee Cohort Study
Cohort facts:
Location of cohort: Birjand – South Khorasan Province
Main Ethnicities of participants: Fars
Conducted by: Birjand University of Medical Sciences
Co-Investigators:
- Toba Kazemi, MD
- Mohammad Dehghani Firoozabadi, MD
- Hossein Dehghani, PhD
- Jalal Ahmadi, MD
- Hamid Salehinia, PhD
- Maryam Ali Abadi, MS
- Davod Javanmard, PhD
Study Execution:
The PERSIAN Employee Cohort Study started in Brijand in September 2021 and enrollment is currently ongoing.
Principal Investigator: Ebrahim Miri-Moghaddam, MD
Overview of Cohort Population
Final Enrolled Sample Size
10,116
individuals
Gender Distribution
47% Male
53% Female
53% Female
Age Distribution
35% ----35-44 years
34%----45-54 years
24%----55-64 years
7%----≥65
Residence Type
70% Urban
30% Rural
30% Rural
Contact information
Email: djavanmard@bums.ac.ir
Email: moghaddam4@yahoo.com
Email: Cohort@bums.ac.ir