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, Iran

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

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

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

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

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

*these authors contributed equally