NATIONAL AND SUBNATIONAL MORTALITY EFFECTS OF METABOLIC RISK FACTORS AND SMOKING IN IRAN: A COMPARATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT

Background Mortality from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases has increased in Iran. Our aim was to estimate the effects of smoking and high systolic blood pressure (SBP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), total cholesterol (TC), and high body mass index (BMI) on mortality and life expectancy, nationally and subnationally, using representative data and comparable methods.