Published on in Vol 6 , No 2 (2017) :February

Rationale and Design of a Genetic Study on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: Protocol for the Tehran Cardiometabolic Genetic Study (TCGS)

Rationale and Design of a Genetic Study on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: Protocol for the Tehran Cardiometabolic Genetic Study (TCGS)

Rationale and Design of a Genetic Study on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: Protocol for the Tehran Cardiometabolic Genetic Study (TCGS)

Maryam S Daneshpour 1 * , PhD ;   Mohammad-Sadegh Fallah 1 * , MD, PhD ;   Bahareh Sedaghati-Khayat 1 * , MSc ;   Kamran Guity 1 * , MSc ;   Davood Khalili 2 , MD, PhD ;   Mehdi Hedayati 1 , PhD ;   Ahmad Ebrahimi 1 , PhD ;   Farhad Hajsheikholeslami 2 , MD ;   Parvin Mirmiran 3 , PhD ;   Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani 4 , MD ;   Amir-Abbas Momenan 2 , MD ;   Arash Ghanbarian 2 , MD ;   Atieh Amouzegar 5 , MD ;   Parisa Amiri 6 , PhD ;   Fereidoun Azizi 5 * , MD

1 Cellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center , Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , IR

2 Prevention Of Metabolic Disorders Research Center , Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences , Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences , Tehran , IR

3 Nutrition And Endocrine Research Center , Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences , Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences , Tehran , IR

4 Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center , Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences , Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences , Tehran , IR

5 Endocrine Research Center , Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences , Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , IR

6 Research Center For Social Determinants Of Endocrine Health , Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences , Shahid Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences , Tehran , IR

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Fereidoun Azizi , MD
  • Endocrine Research Center
  • Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences
  • Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  • No.24 Arabi street- Yemen street (Velenjak)
  • Tehran
  • IR
  • Phone: 98 2122432500
  • Email: azizi@endocrine.ac.ir