Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS)
The TLGS is a population-based cohort study of over 15,000 residents in district 13 of Tehran, Iran. Residents aged between 3 and 69 years were first recruited into the study from March 1999 to December 2001 if under the coverage of three medical health centres in the district. While the first phase of TLGS was a cross-sectional study, the second phase onwards was designed as a longitudinal study including the implementation of lifestyle interventions.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
15,005 (participants)
Age at first data collection
3 - 69 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The entire population of Tehran, Iran.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1999
Primary Institutions
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی-درمانی شهید بهشتی)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Research Council of Islamic Republic of Iran (شورای پژوهشهای علمی کشور)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
