PERSIAN Birth Cohort

Publication

  • Raji SAH, Baninajarian H, Tarrahi MS, Daniali SS, Yazdi M, Kelishadi R, Faghihian R. Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of preschool children: a cross-sectional study within a birth cohort. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Dec 6. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-07337-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41353419.
  • Naghibifard, F., Kelishadi, R., Daniali, S. S., Hashemipour, M., Hovsepian, S., & Tarrahi, M. J. (2025). Association of Exposure of Pregnant Women to Household Contaminants and Green Space with Cord Blood Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone. Innovative Journal of Pediatrics, 35(6), e159850.
  • Maghsoudi M, Keivanfar M, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. The association of COVID- 19 parental immunization and transmission of disease to offspring: a retrospective study. Ital J Pediatr. 2025 Apr 30;51(1):131. doi: 10.1186/s13052-025-01948-2. PMID: 40307836; PMCID: PMC12044926.
  • Rezaeizadeh G, Poustchi H, Sharafkhah M, Daniali SS, Danaei N, Mehrparvar AH, Sakhvidi MJZ, Hakimi H, Mohammadi Z, Mansournia MA, Kelishadi R. Growth patterns in preterm infants in Iran (the PERSIAN Birth Cohort): a prospective birth cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Nov 10:S2214-109X(25)00370-5. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00370-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41232553.
  • Baradaran Mahdavi S, Javadirad SM, Rafieian M, Poursafa P, Azimian Zavareh V, Daniali SS, Heidari-Beni M, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Vahdatpour B, Mirhendi H, Kelishadi R. A procedure for DNA methylation assessment in osteoporosis-related gene promoters of umbilical cord blood: A study on the Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran (PERSIAN) birth cohort. Bioimpacts. 2024 Jun 29;15:30095. doi: 10.34172/bi.30095. PMID: 40161946; PMCID: PMC11954747.
  • Hashemi Dehkordi V, Khoshhali M, Heidari-Beni M, Hashemi Dehkordi E, Hashemipour M, Mostofizadeh N, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Association Between Dietary Phytochemical Index and Neonatal Thyroid Function. J Pregnancy. 2024 May 28;2024:9558023. doi: 10.1155/2024/9558023. PMID: 38919582; PMCID: PMC11199066.
  • Taheri E, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Sadeghi M, Kelishadi R. Urinary cadmium in relation to neonatal anthropometric indices during pregnancy. Int J Environ Health Eng. 2024 Apr 1;13(1):65. doi:10.4103/ijehe.ijehe_65_22.
  • Pourmirzaiee MA, Daniali SS, Riahi R, Majidi S, Kelishadi R. Association of Postpartum Depression with Maternal Serum Magnesium Levels, Infant Growth, and Neurodevelopmental Indices. Int J Prev Med. 2024 Mar 28;15:16. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_30_24. PMID: 38715695; PMCID: PMC11074954.
  • Talebi Anaraki K, Ghanbarian Alavijeh N, Bemanalizadeh M, Yaghini O, Badihian N, Khoshhali M, Badihian S, Hosseini N, Purpirali M, Abadian M, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. The lasting influence of parenting intervention on child behavior: findings from a randomized clinical trial using care for child development guidelines. BMC Pediatr. 2024 Nov 27;24(1):772. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05253-5. PMID: 39604899; PMCID: PMC11600820.
  • Jungles K, Sharafkhah M, Bansal K, Isfahani MM, Qamar N, Eghtesad S, Kelishadi R, Danaei N, Mehrparvar AH, Hakimi H, Poustchi H, Mahdavinia M. Prevalence of food allergy and its association with atopic dermatitis in Iran: Results from the PERSIAN birth cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2024 Dec 10;4(1):100385. doi: 10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100385. PMID: 39830991; PMCID: PMC11742619.
  • Alimardani B, Hashemipour M, Hovsepian S, Mozafarian N, Khoshhali M, Kelishadi R. Association between maternal and cord blood thyroid hormones, and urine iodine concentration with fetal growth. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2024 May 1;37(6):516-524. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0570. PMID: 38685764.
  • Daniali SS, Yazdi M, Heidari-Beni M, Taheri E, Zarean E, Goli P, Kelishadi R. Birth Size Outcomes in Relation to Maternal Blood Levels of Some Essential and Toxic Elements. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2023 Jan;201(1):4-13. doi: 10.1007/s12011-022-03121-w. Epub 2022 Mar 17. PMID: 35298828.
  • Bahreynian M, Feizi A, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Interaction between maternal dietary fat intake, breast milk omega-3 fatty acids and infant growth during the first year of life. Child Care Health Dev. 2023 Jan;49(1):137-144. doi: 10.1111/cch.13026. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PMID: 35751393.
  • Amini N, Mousavi S, Vard B, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. The Assessment of Neonatal Anthropometric Indices Association with Umbilical Cord Blood Zinc and Magnesium Levels. Adv Biomed Res. 2023 Nov 29;12:253. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_90_23. PMID: 38192895; PMCID: PMC10772790.
  • Teiri H, Samaei MR, Dehghani M, Azhdarpoor A, Mohammadi F, Kelishadi R, Hajizadeh Y. Maternal exposure to benzophenone derivatives and their impacts on offspring's birth outcomes in a Middle Eastern population. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 10;13(1):9484. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35380-5. PMID: 37301947; PMCID: PMC10257379.
  • Golestanzadeh M, Ebrahimpour K, Daniali SS, Zarean E, Yazdi M, Basirat Z, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Kelishadi R. Association between parabens concentrations in human amniotic fluid and the offspring birth size: A Sub-study of the PERSIAN birth cohort. Environ Res. 2022 Sep;212(Pt D):113502. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113502. Epub 2022 May 21. PMID: 35609656.
  • Golestanzadeh M, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Shahrbanoo Daniali S, Ebrahimpour K, Zarean E, Yazdi M, Basirat Z, Kelishadi R. Association between phthalate metabolites in human amniotic fluid and offspring birth size: a sub-study of the PERSIAN birth cohort. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov;29(51):76970-76982. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-20839-1. Epub 2022 Jun 8. PMID: 35676571
  • Attarian E, Ebrahimpour K, Maracy M, Daniali SS, Shoshtari-Yeganeh B, Moazeni M, Ebrahimi A, Kelishadi R. Effect of Maternal Triclosan Exposure on Neonatal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Environ Public Health. 2022 Sep 28;2022:3082304. doi: 10.1155/2022/3082304. PMID: 36213011; PMCID: PMC9534696.
  • Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Sadeghi M, Kelishadi R. Urinary brominated trihalomethanes among pregnant women: correlation with lifestyle factors. Hum Ecol Risk Assess. 2022 Aug;28(2):1–15. doi:10.1080/10807039.2022.2107479.
  • Taheri E, Amin MM, Daniali SS, Abdollahpour I, Fatehizadeh A, Kelishadi R. Health risk assessment of exposure to chlorpyrifos in pregnant women using deterministic and probabilistic approaches. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 20;17(1):e0262127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262127. PMID: 35051200; PMCID: PMC8775211.
  • Yazdi M, Bemanalizadeh M, Mohebpour F, Goli P, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Latent Class Analysis of knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of a Population-Based Sample of Iranian Pregnant Women toward COVID-19. Adv Biomed Res. 2022 Jun 29;11:52. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_271_21. PMID: 35982858; PMCID: PMC9379920.
  • Naghibifard, F., Kelishadi, R., Daniali, S. S., Hashemipour, M., Hovsepian, S., & Tarrahi, M. J. (2025). Association of Exposure of Pregnant Women to Household Contaminants and Green Space with Cord Blood Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone. Innovative Journal of Pediatrics, 35(6), e159850.
  • Maghsoudi M, Keivanfar M, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. The association of COVID- 19 parental immunization and transmission of disease to offspring: a retrospective study. Ital J Pediatr. 2025 Apr 30;51(1):131. doi: 10.1186/s13052-025-01948-2. PMID: 40307836; PMCID: PMC12044926.
  • Rezaeizadeh G, Poustchi H, Sharafkhah M, Daniali SS, Danaei N, Mehrparvar AH, Sakhvidi MJZ, Hakimi H, Mohammadi Z, Mansournia MA, Kelishadi R. Growth patterns in preterm infants in Iran (the PERSIAN Birth Cohort): a prospective birth cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Nov 10:S2214-109X(25)00370-5. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00370-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41232553.
  • Baradaran Mahdavi S, Javadirad SM, Rafieian M, Poursafa P, Azimian Zavareh V, Daniali SS, Heidari-Beni M, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Vahdatpour B, Mirhendi H, Kelishadi R. A procedure for DNA methylation assessment in osteoporosis-related gene promoters of umbilical cord blood: A study on the Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in Iran (PERSIAN) birth cohort. Bioimpacts. 2024 Jun 29;15:30095. doi: 10.34172/bi.30095. PMID: 40161946; PMCID: PMC11954747.
  • Hashemi Dehkordi V, Khoshhali M, Heidari-Beni M, Hashemi Dehkordi E, Hashemipour M, Mostofizadeh N, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Association Between Dietary Phytochemical Index and Neonatal Thyroid Function. J Pregnancy. 2024 May 28;2024:9558023. doi: 10.1155/2024/9558023. PMID: 38919582; PMCID: PMC11199066.
  • Pourmirzaiee MA, Daniali SS, Riahi R, Majidi S, Kelishadi R. Association of Postpartum Depression with Maternal Serum Magnesium Levels, Infant Growth, and Neurodevelopmental Indices. Int J Prev Med. 2024 Mar 28;15:16. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_30_24. PMID: 38715695; PMCID: PMC11074954.
  • Talebi Anaraki K, Ghanbarian Alavijeh N, Bemanalizadeh M, Yaghini O, Badihian N, Khoshhali M, Badihian S, Hosseini N, Purpirali M, Abadian M, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. The lasting influence of parenting intervention on child behavior: findings from a randomized clinical trial using care for child development guidelines. BMC Pediatr. 2024 Nov 27;24(1):772. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05253-5. PMID: 39604899; PMCID: PMC11600820.
  • Jungles K, Sharafkhah M, Bansal K, Isfahani MM, Qamar N, Eghtesad S, Kelishadi R, Danaei N, Mehrparvar AH, Hakimi H, Poustchi H, Mahdavinia M. Prevalence of food allergy and its association with atopic dermatitis in Iran: Results from the PERSIAN birth cohort. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2024 Dec 10;4(1):100385. doi: 10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100385. PMID: 39830991; PMCID: PMC11742619.
  • Alimardani B, Hashemipour M, Hovsepian S, Mozafarian N, Khoshhali M, Kelishadi R. Association between maternal and cord blood thyroid hormones, and urine iodine concentration with fetal growth. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2024 May 1;37(6):516-524. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0570. PMID: 38685764.
  • Daniali SS, Yazdi M, Heidari-Beni M, Taheri E, Zarean E, Goli P, Kelishadi R. Birth Size Outcomes in Relation to Maternal Blood Levels of Some Essential and Toxic Elements. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2023 Jan;201(1):4-13. doi: 10.1007/s12011-022-03121-w. Epub 2022 Mar 17. PMID: 35298828.
  • Bahreynian M, Feizi A, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Interaction between maternal dietary fat intake, breast milk omega-3 fatty acids and infant growth during the first year of life. Child Care Health Dev. 2023 Jan;49(1):137-144. doi: 10.1111/cch.13026. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PMID: 35751393.
  • Amini N, Mousavi S, Vard B, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. The Assessment of Neonatal Anthropometric Indices Association with Umbilical Cord Blood Zinc and Magnesium Levels. Adv Biomed Res. 2023 Nov 29;12:253. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_90_23. PMID: 38192895; PMCID: PMC10772790.
  • Teiri H, Samaei MR, Dehghani M, Azhdarpoor A, Mohammadi F, Kelishadi R, Hajizadeh Y. Maternal exposure to benzophenone derivatives and their impacts on offspring's birth outcomes in a Middle Eastern population. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 10;13(1):9484. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35380-5. PMID: 37301947; PMCID: PMC10257379.
  • Golestanzadeh M, Ebrahimpour K, Daniali SS, Zarean E, Yazdi M, Basirat Z, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Kelishadi R. Association between parabens concentrations in human amniotic fluid and the offspring birth size: A Sub-study of the PERSIAN birth cohort. Environ Res. 2022 Sep;212(Pt D):113502. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113502. Epub 2022 May 21. PMID: 35609656.
  • Golestanzadeh M, Goodarzi-Khoigani M, Shahrbanoo Daniali S, Ebrahimpour K, Zarean E, Yazdi M, Basirat Z, Kelishadi R. Association between phthalate metabolites in human amniotic fluid and offspring birth size: a sub-study of the PERSIAN birth cohort. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov;29(51):76970-76982. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-20839-1. Epub 2022 Jun 8. PMID: 35676571
  • Attarian E, Ebrahimpour K, Maracy M, Daniali SS, Shoshtari-Yeganeh B, Moazeni M, Ebrahimi A, Kelishadi R. Effect of Maternal Triclosan Exposure on Neonatal Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Environ Public Health. 2022 Sep 28;2022:3082304. doi: 10.1155/2022/3082304. PMID: 36213011; PMCID: PMC9534696.
  • Taheri E, Amin MM, Daniali SS, Abdollahpour I, Fatehizadeh A, Kelishadi R. Health risk assessment of exposure to chlorpyrifos in pregnant women using deterministic and probabilistic approaches. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 20;17(1):e0262127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262127. PMID: 35051200; PMCID: PMC8775211.
  • Yazdi M, Bemanalizadeh M, Mohebpour F, Goli P, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Latent Class Analysis of knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of a Population-Based Sample of Iranian Pregnant Women toward COVID-19. Adv Biomed Res. 2022 Jun 29;11:52. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_271_21. PMID: 35982858; PMCID: PMC9379920.
  • Darvishmotevalli M, Moradnia M, Hosseini R, Bina B, Feizi A, Ebrahimpour K, Pourzamani H, Feizabadi GK, Kelishadi R. Association between prenatal phthalate exposure and anthropometric measures of newborns in a sample of Iranian population. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Sep;28(36):50696-50706. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-14182-0. Epub 2021 May 9. PMID: 33966142.
  • Amin MM, Ghasemi Z, Khoshhali M, Taheri E, Dehdashti B, Fatehizadeh A, Rafiei N, Kelishadi R. Association of maternal exposure to bisphenol A with her β-hCG level and neonatal anthropometric measures. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Nov;28(44):62809-62815. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15094-9. Epub 2021 Jul 2. PMID: 34215981.
  • Moradnia M, Movahedian Attar H, Heidari Z, Mohammadi F, Kelishadi R. Monitoring of urinary arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) among a sample of pregnant Iranian women. J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2021 Sep 27;19(2):1901-1909. doi: 10.1007/s40201-021-00743-5. PMID: 34900315; PMCID: PMC8617224.
  • Moradnia M, Attar HM, Heidari Z, Mohammadi F, Kelishadi R. Prenatal exposure to chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) in a sample of Iranian pregnant women: urinary levels and associated socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Nov;28(44):63412-63421. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15201-w. Epub 2021 Jul 6. PMID: 34231141.
  • Teiri H, Samaei MR, Dehghani M, Azhdarpoor A, Hajizadeh Y, Mohammadi F, Kelishadi R. The association of prenatal exposure to benzophenones with gestational age and offspring size at birth. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Apr;29(17):24682-24695. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17634-9. Epub 2021 Nov 26. PMID: 34826089; PMCID: PMC8620316.
  • Dehdashti B, Feizi A, Arvin A, Bagheri N, Daniali SS, Amin MM, Kelishadi R. Urinary brominated trihalomethanes among pregnant women: Correlation with lifestyle factors. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 2022 Sep 14;28(8):878-92.
  • Mirmohammadkhani M, Bemanalizadeh M, Yazdi M, Goli P, Mohebpour F, Saffarieh E, Danaei N, Paknazar F, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward COVID-19 among Persian Birth Cohort Participants. J Educ Health Promot. 2021 Sep 30;10:358. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1274_20. PMID: 34761044; PMCID: PMC8552261.
  • Zare Sakhvidi MJ, Danaei N, Dadvand P, Mehrparvar AH, Heidari-Beni M, Nouripour S, Nikukar H, Daniali SS, Saffarieh E, Noorishadkam M, Amin MM. The prospective epidemiological research studies in IrAN (PERSIAN) birth cohort protocol: Rationale, design and methodology. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. 2021 Apr;12(2):241-62.
  • Fadaei S, Pourzamani H, Ebrahimpour K, Feizi A, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Investigating determinants of parabens concentration in maternal urine. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal. 2021 Mar 16;27(3):668-86.
  • Fadaei S, Pourzamani H, Ebrahimpour K, Feizi A, Daniali SS, Kelishadi R. Association of maternal urinary concentration of parabens and neonatal anthropometric indices. J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2020 Jun 12;18(2):617-628. doi: 10.1007/s40201-020-00487-8. PMID: 33312588; PMCID: PMC7721758.