Table 1. Characteristics of the final papers entered in the analysis.
| Row | First Authour | Study Design | Year |
Sample
Size |
Setting | Target Population | Prevalence (%) | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghanbariyan et al. | Cross-sectional | 2004 | 8491 | Tehran | Adults | 22 | Persian |
| 2 | Taraghi et al. | Cross -sectional | 2004 | 122 | Sari | Adult drivers | 36.9 | Persian |
| 3 | Godarzi et al. | Cross -sectional | 2005 | 1530 | Zabul | Adults | 13.9 | Persian |
| 4 | Delavari et al. | Cross- sectional | 2005 | 24525 | national project | Adults | 30.5 | Persian |
| 5 | Delavari et al. | Cross -sectional | 2005 | 13033 | national project | Adults | 29.2 | Persian |
| 6 | Yousefinejad et al. | Cross-sectional | 2006 | 1854 | Sanandaj | Adults with blood transfering | 3.4 | Persian |
| 7 | Sharifi rad et al. | Cross- sectional | 2007 | 255 | Esfahan | elderly | 46.7 | Persian |
| 8 | Delavari et al. | Cross- sectional | 2007 | 75112 | national project | Adults | 30.2 | Persian |
| 9 | Rafiee et al. | Cross -sectional | 2007 | 458 | Arak | Postmenopausal women | 65.5 | Persian |
| 10 | Dabbaghmanesh et al. | Cross-sectional | 2008 | 3245 | Shiraz | Adults | 27.5 | Persian |
| 11 | Esteghamati et al. | Cross -sectional | 2008 | 68250 | national project | Adults | 32 | English |
| 12 | Esteghamati et al. | Cross -sectional | 2009 | 5287 | national project | Adults | 26.6 | English |
| 13 | Mardani et al. | Cross -sectional | 2009 | 340 | Arak | Adults | 13.5 | Persian |
| 14 | Akbarzadeh et al. | Cross-sectional | 2009 | 107 | Shiraz | Adult women | 12.15 | Persian |
| 15 | Akbarzdseh et al. | Cross-sectional | 2009 | 107 | Shiraz | Adult women | 3.7 | Persian |
| 16 | Amirkizi et al. | Cross-sectional | 2009 | 370 | Kerman | Women with reproductive age | 14.3 | Persian |
| 17 | Faramarzi et al. | Cross -sectional | 2009 | 447251 | Shiraz | Adults | 21 | Persian |
| 18 | Ramazani et al. | Cross sectional | 2009 | 3670 | Esfahan | Adults | 20.7 | English |
| 19 | Neghab et al. | Cohort | 2009 | 140 | Shiraz | Petrochemical personnel | 20 | English |
| 20 | Neghab et al. | Cohort | 2009 | 140 | Shiraz | Petrochemical personnel | 12.8 | English |
| 21 | Veghari et al. | Cross -sectional | 2010 | 2497 | Golestan | Adults | 23.9 | Persian |
| 22 | Sahebi et al. | Cross-sectional | 2010 | 1027 | Shiraz | Hospital staff | 37 | English |
| 23 | Kasai et al. | Cross -sectional | 2010 | 1000 | Zanjan | Adults | 27.8 | English |
| 24 | Ebrahimi et al. | Cross -sectional | 2010 | 30000 | National project | Adults | 17.3 | English |
| 25 | Sharifi et al. | Cross- sectional | 2010 | 266 | Tehran | Elderly | 61 | English |
| 26 | Damrchi et al. | Cross -sectional | 2010 | 1218 | Tehran | Drivers | 35.4 | Persian |
| 27 | Kalani et al. | Cross -sectional | 2011 | 1130 | Yazd | Adults | 38.1 | Persian |
| 28 | Ghazanfari et al. | Cross- sectional | 2011 | 400 | Kerman | Adults | 23.8 | Persian |
| 29 | Saharki et al. | Cross-sectional | 2011 | 2300 | Zahedan | Adults | 27 | English |
| 30 | Abtahi et al. | Cross-sectional | 2011 | 3115 | Shiraz | Teachers | 18.2 | English |
| 31 | Namayandeh et al. | Cross-sectional | 2011 | 2000 | Yazd | Adults | 42.5 | English |
| 32 | Khosh andam et al. | Cross-sectional | 2011 | 400 | Mazandaran | Drivers | 20 | Persian |
| 33 | Peyman et al. | Cross-sectional | 2012 | 121 | Ilam | Elderly | 36.8 | Persian |
| 34 | Moeni et al. | Cross-sectional | 2012 | 2063 | Esfahan | Elderly with heart disease | 4 | English |
| 35 | Ghari poor et al. | Cross sectional | 2012 | 975 | Esfahan | Adults | 18.9 | English |
| 36 | Barikani et al. | Cross-sectional | 2012 | 328 | Ghazvin | women Adults | 32 | English |
| 37 | Maracy et al. | Cross sectional | 2012 | 3000 | Esfahan | Adults | 22.2 | English |
| 38 | Rezaiean et al. | Cross-sectional | 2012 | 445 | Hamadan | Kidney patients | 22.2 | English |
| 39 | Mahram et al. | Cross-sectional | 2013 | 5231 | Ghazvin | Water-containing arsenic consumer | 7 | English |
| 40 | Mahram et al. | Cross-sectional | 2013 | 9838 | Ghazvin | Above control group | 3.7 | English |
| 41 | Malek Zadeh et al. | Cross-sectional | 2013 | 50045 | Gholston | Adults | 42.7 | English |
| 42 | Ahmadi et al. | Cohort | 2014 | 2570 | Tehran | Patient with rectum cancer | 13.4 | English |
| 43 | Safari Moradabadi et al. | Cross sectional | 2014 | 1531 | Bandar abas | Adults | 35.3 | Persian |
| 44 | Chraghian et al. | Cross sectional | 2014 | 69173 | Tehran | Adults | 5.3 | English |
| 45 | Najafi poor et al. | Cross sectional | 2014 | 5900 | Adults | 18.4 | English | |
| 46 | Talayi et al. | Cohort | 2014 | 3283 | Esfahan | Adults | 25.4 | English |
| 47 | Kalani et al. | Cross-sectional | 2015 | 1130 | Yazd | Adults | 38.1 | English |
| 48 | Yazdan panah et al. | Cross -sectional | 2015 | 944 | Ahvaz | Adults | 17.6 | English |
| 49 | Poorolajal et al. | Cross -sectional | 2015 | 7611 | Tehran | Clinical patients | 9.1 | English |
| 50 | Chraghi et al. | Cross- sectional | 2016 | 476 | Bahar | elderly | 25 | Persian |
| 51 | Gerayloo et al. | Cross-sectional | 2016 | 227 | Moraveh tapeh | Employees | 8.3 | Persian |
| 52 | Mojahedi et al. | Cross-sectional | 2016 | 3608 | Mashad | youngs | 1.4 | Persian |
| 53 | Esteghamati et al. | Cross- sectional | 2016 | 8218 | national project | Adults | 25.6 | English |
| 54 | Ghaffari et al. | Cross -sectional | 2016 | 1071 | Tabriz | elderly | 68 | English |
| 55 | Jamshidi et al. | Cross -sectional | 2017 | 321 | Hamadan | elderly | 16.2 | English |
| 56 | Ebrahimi et al. | Cross-sectional | 2014 | 9762 | Mashhad | Adults | 23 | English |
| 57 | Khajedaluee et al. | Cross-sectional | 2016 | 2974 | Mashhad | Adults | 22 | English |
| 58 | Khosravi et al. | Cohort | 2013 | 5190 | Shahroud | Adults | 38.2 | English |
Table 1. Selected articles for meta-analysis of hypertension in Iran 2004-2017.