Tabriz Traffic Safety and Health Cohort Study

Cohort facts:

Location of cohort: Tabriz – East Azarbaijan Province

Main Ethnicities of participants: Turk

Conducted by: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Co-Investigators:

  • Ali Reza Shafiee-Kandjani, MD
  • Alireza Ala, MD
  • Ali Rezaei, BS
  • Ali Mostafaei, MD
  • Alireza Sadeghpour, MD
  • Alireza Razzaghi, PhD
  • Fatemeh Jahanjoo, MS
  • Faramarz Pourasghar, PhD
  • Farzad Rahmani, MD
  • Iraj Mohebbi, PhD
  • Khosro Sadeghniiat, MD
  • Khalil Pourebrahim, COL
  • Kavous Shahsavari Nia, MD
  • Mohammad Hossein Somi, MD
  • Mohammmad Asghari Jafarabadi, PhD
  • Mina Golestani, PhD
  • Mahdi Rezaei, PhD
  • Morteza Farahbakhsh, MD
  • Morteza Ghojazadeh, PhD
  • Nasrin Shahedifar, MD
  • Reza Deljavan, MD
  • Sajjad Ahmadi, MD
  • Salman Abdi, MS
  • Shahrokh Amiri, MD
  • Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD
  • Saeed Dastgiri, MD
  • Vahideh Sadeghi, PhD

Study Execution:

The PERSIAN Traffic Safety and Health Cohort Study started in Tabriz, in July 2019 and enrollment is currently ongoing

Principal Investigator: Homayoun Sadeghi Bazargani, MD, PhD

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