Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS)
Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Iran's oldest and longest-running community-based cohort study, initiated in 1999 with participants from Tehran's District 13, tracking non-communicable diseases including diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome over two decades. The study provides longitudinal data on disease incidence and risk factors in an urban Iranian population.
Category
Research database
Access
By application
Region
Asia — Iran
Coverage
Urban Tehran
Size
27,500 participants
Data types
cohort study, metabolic disease, cardiovascular, diabetes, biobank