Shahroud Employee Cohort Study

Cohort facts:

Location of cohort: Shahroud – Razavi Khorasan

Main Ethnicities of participants: Fars

Conducted by: Shahroud University of Medical Sciences

Co-Pi:

  • Reza Chaman, MD, PhD
  • Farideh Sadeghian, PhD

Co-Investigators:

  • Mohammad Hasan Emamian, MD, PhD
  • Hamid Vahedi, MD
  • Ehsan Binesh, MD
  • Hamid Kalalian Moghadam, PhD
  • Fariba Zare, MS
  • Solmaz Talebi, PhD
  • Shahrbanoo Goli, PhD
  • Hossein Sheybani, MD
  • Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi, PhD
  • Ahmad Khosravi, PhD
  • Shahrokh Aghayan, MD
  • Masoume Atefi, MS
  • Maryam Yarmohammadi, MD
  • Ali Mohammad Rezaie, MD
  • Hamidreza Khageha, MS

Study Execution:

The PERSIAN Employee Cohort Study started in Shahroud in October 2019 and is ended enrollment in September 2020.

Current Activity: Shahroud Employee Cohort is currently performing routine annual follow-ups for the entire cohort population.

Principal Investigator: Seyed Mohammad Mirrezaie, MD

Overview of Cohort Population

Final Enrolled Sample Size
10,116 individuals
Gender Distribution
47% Male
53% Female
Age Distribution

35% ----35-44 years
34%----45-54 years
24%----55-64 years
7%----≥65

Residence Type
70% Urban
30% Rural

Contact information

Email: mirrezaie78@gmail.com