| Autor: |
Sara Ahmadi, Theodora Pappa, Alex S. Kang, Alexandra K. Coleman, Iñigo Landa, Ellen Marqusee, Matthew Kim, Trevor E. Angell, Erik K. Alexander |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol 13 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-2392 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fendo.2022.824226 |
| Popis: |
BackgroundLarge scale epidemiology studies have suggested obesity may increase the risk of thyroid cancer, though no prospective analyses using real-world measurement of BMI at a time proximate to initial thyroid nodule evaluation have been performed.MethodsWe performed a prospective, cohort analysis over 3 years of consecutive patients presenting for thyroid nodule evaluation. We measured BMI proximate to the time of initial evaluation and correlated this with the final diagnosis of benign or malignant disease. We further correlated patient BMI with aggressivity of thyroid cancer, if detected.ResultsAmong 1,259 consecutive patients with clinically relevant nodules, 199(15%) were malignant. BMI averaged 28.6 kg/m2 (SD: 6.35, range:16.46-59.26). There was no correlation between the measurement of BMI and risk of thyroid cancer (p=0.58) as mean BMI was 28.9 kg/m2 and 28.6 kg/m2 in cancerous and benign cohorts, respectively. Similarly, BMI did not predict aggressive thyroid cancer (p=0.15). While overall nodule size was associated with increased BMI (p |
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