Outcomes in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) as a Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study and a Pragmatic Community Trial

The Tehran lipid and glucose study (TLGS) is one of the oldest population-based longitudinal cohort studies, providing knowledge about the incidence and risk factors of some non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in West Asia which hitherto was relatively scarce. We reviewed the methods and results related to the outcome measurements of this study.We reviewed all the TLGS papers which reported the incidence of NCDs.The TLGS was initiated in 1999 -...