Sample details

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

9264

Age at first data collection

40 - 75 years

Participant year of birth

Varied

Participant sex

MF

Representative sample

No

Sample features

Middle-aged peopleOlder and elderly people

Dataset details

Country

Iran

Year of first data collection

2025-01-15T05:10:42.146000+00:00

Primary institutions

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شیراز, SUMS)

Profile paper DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0848-2

Funders

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS)

Ongoing?

Yes

Data types collected

None