National and subnational burden and attributable risk factors of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and low back pain in Iran: 1990–2019 findings of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study

Mahnaz Sanjari; Hossein Yarmohammadi; Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam; Mohammad Amin Habibi; Aida Fallahzadeh; Amir Hossein Behnoush; Shakiba Yousefi; Ali Sheikhy; Sima Noorali; Zahra Esfahani; Narges Ebrahimi; Noushin Fahimfar; Afshin Ostovar; Bagher Larijani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0344038

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National and subnational burden and attributable risk factors of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and low back pain in Iran: 1990–2019 findings of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study

Mahnaz Sanjari,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hossein Yarmohammadi,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Medical Students Research Committee, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany
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Mohammad Amin Habibi,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Clinical Research Development Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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Aida Fallahzadeh,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Amir Hossein Behnoush,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9955-4227

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Shakiba Yousefi,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ali Sheikhy,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Sima Noorali,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Zahra Esfahani,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Narges Ebrahimi,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Noushin Fahimfar,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Afshin Ostovar,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Bagher Larijani

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: emrc@tums.ac.ir

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-7597

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National and subnational burden and attributable risk factors of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and low back pain in Iran: 1990–2019 findings of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study

Mahnaz Sanjari,
Hossein Yarmohammadi,
Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam,
Mohammad Amin Habibi,
Aida Fallahzadeh,
Amir Hossein Behnoush,
Shakiba Yousefi,
Ali Sheikhy,
Sima Noorali,
Zahra Esfahani

Published: July 6, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344038

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