Pars Cohort Study (PCS)
PCS is a 10-year cohort study aiming to investigate the burden and the major risk factors of non-communicable diseases, and to establish a setting to launch interventions for prevention of these diseases and controlling their risk factors. Over 9,000 participants were recruited from the Valashahr district in the South of Iran, through a telephone invitation. The participants were aged between 40 and 75 years, around 46% were male, and 49% of the cohort was illiterate. The cohort participants are followed up every year.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
9,264 (participants)
Age at first data collection
40 - 75 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012
Primary Institutions
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شیراز, SUMS)
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, TUMS)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
