Mohammadreza Babaei, Arya Afrooghe, Ali Rafati, Bahram Mohebbi, Jamal Moosavi, Narges Ghadri, Bahareh Mohajer Koohestani, Shahin Rahimi, Mohammadreza Baay, Mohammad Javad Alemzadeh-Ansari, Zahra Hosseini, Shabnam Boudagh, Ehsan Khalilipur, Zahra Ghaemmaghami, Yeganeh Pasebani, Parisa Firoozbakhsh, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Parham Sadeghipour
OBJECTIVES: Chronic venous disease (CVD) of the lower extremities is one of the common venous diseases in different populations, with a wide range of clinical manifestations and undetermined exact prevalence due to different population characteristics and measurement methods. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of chronic venous disease among the modern Iranian urban population and determine its associated risk factors. METHODS: The HAMRAH study, a longitudinal population-based cohort, aims to investigate the baseline prevalence and the 10-year incidence of cardiovascular diseases and associated risk factors in the adult population aged 30-75 years with no overt cardiovascular diseases in Tehran...
September 8, 2023: Journal of Vascular Surgery. Venous and Lymphatic Disorders