ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2019
Adiposity and the risk of thyroid nodules with a high-suspicion sonographic pattern: a large cross-sectional epidemiological study.
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- Association between the Chinese visceral adiposity index and thyroid nodule risk: a retrospective analysis of cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies.BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Article
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- Adiposity Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Thyroid Malignancy in Patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Adiposity is associated with a higher number of thyroid nodules and worse fine-needle aspiration outcomes.European thyroid journal · 2025Article
- Establishment and validation of a multivariate logistic model for risk factors of thyroid nodules using lasso regression screening.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Risk factors associated with the prevalence of thyroid nodules in adults in Northeast China: a cross-sectional population-based study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Thyroid Nodules and Obesity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The association between BMI, smoking, drinking and thyroid disease: a cross-sectional study in Wuhan, China.BMC endocrine disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo our knowledge, no previous studies have evaluated the association between obesity and the risk of thyroid nodules with a high-suspicion sonographic pattern defined by the 2015 American Thyroid Association management guidelines for adult patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancers. In this large cross-sectional epidemiological study, we investigated whether a positive association existed between anthropometric measurements and the risk of thyroid nodules.
methodsIn total, 10,504 individuals from two towns in northern China were enrolled between May to September 2016. The height and weight were measured and the body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BFP), and body surface area (BSA) were calculated. A logistic regression model was used to estimate age-, sex-, and study site-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and confidence intervals (CIs) for each of the anthropometric measurements with respect to the risk of thyroid nodules.
resultsThe final analyses included 9,096 participants, among whom 3,614 (39.7%) had thyroid nodules and 365 (4.0%) had thyroid nodules with a high-suspicion sonographic pattern. An increased risk of any thyroid nodules was associated with greater height, weight, BFP, and BSA in both men and women. Compared with the lowest quartile of BFP, the ORs for the highest quartile were 1.33 (95% CI: 1.09-1.62) in women and 1.89 (95% CI: 1.35-2.65) in men. An increased risk of thyroid nodules with a high-suspicion sonographic pattern was associated with greater weight, BMI, BFP, and BSA in both men and women. Compared with the lowest quartile of BFP, the ORs for the highest quartile were 2.19 (95% CI: 1.32-3.64) in women and 3.10 (95% CI: 1.31-7.36) in men.
conclusionsOur results demonstrated that BFP was the most pronounced anthropometric factor associated with an increased risk of any thyroid nodules and thyroid nodules with a high-suspicion sonographic pattern.
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