Authors : Farid Najafi, Mehdi Moradinazar, Majid Barati, Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari and Behzad Karami-Matin
Abstract: Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Iran and the incidence of cancer is expected to double in the next two decades with the increase of life expectancy and the percentage of elderly. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the correlation between the risk factors for non-communicable diseases and common cancers in Iran. the present study is of ecological type in which the information on risk factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) were collected from Iran’s STEP wise approach to Surveillance of non-communicable diseases (STEPS) and the standardized cancer incidence rate in 2009 was collected from different provinces in Iran. Spearman’s or Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used for determining the correlation and the relationship between different variables and Poisson regression with the aid of the software STATA version 14 was used for determining the significance of cancer incidence. in Iran 413591 individuals were diagnosed with cancer during 2003-2009 of whom 231572 (56%) were male and the rest were female. The trend of age-standard incidence rate for cancer in males and females has been increasing. There was stronger correlation between the incidence of different types of cancer and risk factors in men, compared with women in a way that there was a positive correlation between daily cigarette smoking and low consumption of vegetables. However, this correlation was statistically significant only for colon, lung bronchus, skin and stomach cancers. Similarly, in women too, there was a positive relationship between daily cigarette smoking and different types of cancer but none of the relationships was statistically significant. However, there was significant relationship between smoking cigarette and the prevalence of colon and lung bronchus cancers in men. considering the increasing trend of cancer incidencea and high level of related deaths on one hand and strong correlation of cancer with risk factors of NCDs on the other hand, control and prevention programs and education on risk factors for NCDs can have a high impact in the reduction of cancer incidence and cancer-related deaths.
Farid Najafi, Mehdi Moradinazar, Majid Barati, Touraj Ahmadi Jouybari and Behzad Karami-Matin, 2016. Correlation Between Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases and Common Cancers in Iran: Ecological Study. International Business Management, 10: 3015-3019.