prevalence of type 2 diabetes, obesity, central obesity, and metabolic syndrome in a south coastal region, iran, the persian bandare kong cohort study: a brief report

Background: there has been no recent estimate of non-communicable diseases (ncds) in south of iran. our data are based on the results of the population-based bandare kong cohort study, as part of the prospective epidemiological research studies in iran (persian).methods: in this cohort, 4063 people aged 35-70 years were recruited from hormozgan province, south of iran.results: we found that the age-standardized prevalence (asp) of metabolic syndrome (mets), type 2 diabetes (t2dm), impaired fasting glucose (ifg), obesity, and central obesity in this population were 34.5%, 17.4%, 20.6%, 24.6%, and 44.4%, respectively.conclusion: these results give a new insight into the prevalence of the ncds in a sample population from south of iran and provide the authorities with the necessary information to design guidelines for the control and prevention of these diseases.