National and subnational mortality effects of metabolic risk factors and smoking in Iran: a comparative risk assessment

• Main Authors: Farzadfar Farshad (Author), Danaei Goodarz (Author), Namdaritabar Hengameh (Author), Rajaratnam Julie (Author), Marcus Jacob R (Author), Khosravi Ardeshir (Author), Alikhani Siamak (Author), Murray Christopher JL (Author), Ezzati Majid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mortality from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases has increased in Iran. Our aim was to estimate the effects of smoking and high systolic blood pressure (SBP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), total cholesterol (TC), and high bod...