The contribution of metabolic risk factors to cardiovascular mortality in Golestan cohort study: Population attributable fraction estimation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2024.200279
• Publication Date: 2024-05-08T16:01:21Z
• Authors: Fateme Gorgani; Maryam Sharafkhah; Sahar Masoudi; Hossein Poustchi; Alireza Delavari; Alireza Sadjadi; Gholamreza Roshandel; Masoud Khoshnia; Layli Eslami; Negar Rezaei; Sadaf G. Sepanlou
• Keywords: Attributable risk

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of global mortality and disability. Several studies demonstrated that metabolic risk factors increase cardiovascular mortality. The aim this study is to examine CVDs deaths population attributable fractions (PAFs) their in Iran.