Evaluation and comparison of metabolic syndrome prevalence using JIS and IDF definitions, and its contributing factors in the PERSIAN Cohort Study
Sareh Eghtesad, Mohammad Rayati, Somaieh Matin, et al. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, October 2026.

Nutritional Changes and Contributing Factors in Iran: A Comprehensive Study From PERSIAN Cohort Study (2015–2017 and 2021–2023)
Farid Najafi, Neda Izadi, Shahab Rezaeian, et al. Food Science and Nutrition, June 2026.

Changes in micronutrient intake and associated determinants in Iran: A longitudinal cohort analysis using PERSIAN Cohort data
Habib Allah Shahriyari, Neda Izadi, Shahab Rezaeian, et al. Health Promotion Perspectives, June 2026.

Estimating opium use prevalence at the national and provincial levels in Iran: a modelling study
Saeed Nemati, Mehdi Hatami Goloujeh, Hossein Poustchi, et al. Scientific Reports, March 2026.

Epidemiology and determinants of dyslipidemia in Iranian population: Results from the PERSIAN cohort
Nazgol Motamed-Gorji, Sadaf G. Sepanlou, Marjan Moallemian Isfahani, et al. PLosONE, July 2026.

PERSIAN cohort biobank: creating a large-scale national resource for biomedical research in Iran
Amaneh Shayanrad, Seyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi, Sara Eftekhari, et al. BMC Public Health, November 2025.

Stepwise approach to screen high-risk individuals using the non-laboratory-based and laboratory-based CVD risk scoring
Noushin Fahimfar, Sareh Eghtesad, Hossein Poustchi, et al. Journal of Public Health, December 2025.

Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Nutrient Intakes of PERSIAN Cohort Participants: Comparisons to 24-Hour Dietary Recalls and Selected Biomarkers
Sareh Eghtesad, Maryam Sharafkhah, Azita Hekmatdoost, et al. Archives of Iranian Medicine, September 2025.

Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Lifetime Estimates
Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium. The New England Journal of Medicine, July 2025.

Association of individual and community-level socioeconomic status and education with medication use: a multilevel analysis in the PERSIAN cohort
Mohammadreza Akbari, Hossein Poustchi, Erfan Taherifard, et al. BMC Public Health, May 2025.

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). The Lancet, March 2024.

Validity and reproducibility of the PERSIAN Cohort food frequency questionnaire: assessment of major dietary patterns
Sareh Eghtesad, Sahar Masoudi, Maryam Sharafkhah, et al. Nutrition Journal, March 2024.

Prevalence and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease in Iran: A cross-sectional analysis from the PERSIAN cohort
Anahita Sadeghi, Paria Boustani, Ali Mehrpour, et al. PLoS ONE, July 2024.

Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nature Medicine, November 2023.

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nature, March 2023.

Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire assessing food group intake in the PERSIAN Cohort Study
Sareh Eghtesad, Azita Hekmatdoost, Elnaz Faramarzi, et al. Frontiers in Nutrition, August 2023.

Socioeconomic inequalities in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: evidence from the PERSIAN cohort study
Mahin Amini, Mahdi Moradinazar, Fatemeh Rajati, et al. BMC Public Health, July 2022.

Prevalence and determinants of anemia among Iranian population aged ≥35 years: A PERSIAN cohort-based cross-sectional study
Mohammad Zamani, Hossein Poustchi, Amaneh Shayanrad, et al. PLoS ONE, February 2022.

Prevalence and predictors of low back pain among the Iranian population: Results from the Persian cohort study
Mohammad Ghafouri, Azin Teymourzadeh, Amin Nokhostin-Ansari, et al. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, January 2022.

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension based on ACC/AHA versus JNC7 guidelines in the PERSIAN Cohort study
Sadaf G. Sepanlou, Farid Najafi, Hossein Poustchi, et al. Scientific Reports, March 2022.

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). The Lancet, September 2021.

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). eLife, March 2021.

Nationwide Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes and Associated Risk Factors Among Iranian Adults: Analysis of Data from PERSIAN Cohort Study
Mohammad E Khamseh, Sadaf G Sepanlou, Nahid Hashemi-Madani, et al. Diabetes Therapy, November 2021.

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). The Lancet, November 2020.

Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nature, June 2020.

Socioeconomic - related inequalities in overweight and obesity: Findings from the PERSIAN Cohort Study
Farid Najafi, Shahin Soltani, Behzad Karami Matin, et al. BMC Public Health, 2020.

Socioeconomic-related inequalities in oral hygiene behaviors: a cross-sectional analysis of the PERSIAN cohort study
Moslem Soofi, Farid Najafi, Behzad Karami Matin, et al. BMC Oral Health, February 2020.

Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in dental caries in Iran: cross-sectional results from the PERSIAN cohort study
Farid Najafi, Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, et al. Archives of Public Health, August 2020.

Prevalence of drug use, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and measure of socioeconomic-related inequalities of drug use among Iranian people: findings from a national survey
Mehdi Moradinazar, Farid Najafi, Farzad Jalilian, et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, June 2020.

Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health among Iranian adult population: results from the PERSIAN cohort study
Farid Najafi, Yahya Pasdar, Behzad Karami Matin, et al. BMC Psychiatry, May 2020.

Socioeconomic gradient in physical activity: findings from the PERSIAN cohort study
Ali Kazemi Karyani, Behzad Karami Matin, Shahin Soltani, et al. BMC Public Health, October 2019

Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran (the PERSIAN Cohort Study): Rationale, Objectives, and Design
Hossein Poustchi, Sareh Eghtesad, Zahra Mohammadi, et al. American Journal of Epidemiology, April 2018.

The PERSIAN Cohort: Providing the Evidence Needed for Healthcare Reform
Sareh Eghtesad, Zahra Mohammadi, Amaneh Shayanrad, et al. Archives of Iranian Medicine, November 2017.