Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mohammad http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3284-9749
Gholipour, Kamal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6595-4150
Khodayari-Zarnaq, Rahim http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-4505
Azmin, Mehrdad http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-4326
Alizadeh, Gisoo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-0988
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 16 January 2022
Accepted: 23 September 2022
First Online: 7 October 2022
Declarations
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: This research has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Approval ID: IR.TBZMED.REC.1397.908). This manuscript is based on analysis of existing data obtained from the STEPs designed to estimate the mean and prevalence of non-communicable risk factors in province level. NASBOD study provides information that can be used to assess the progress made in the health status of a province and/or the relative performance across all provinces over time. People who took part in the studies gave free and informed consent in writing, knowing that they could choose not to answer or participate in any part of the study or to withdraw from the study at any time with no repercussions. They were informed that information collected in the research could be used by the team in other related analyses. All methods were carried out in relevant regulations and guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.