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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Youssef, Mohanad R.
• Reisner, Adin S.C.
• Attia, Abdallah S.
• Hussein, Mohamed Hosny
• Omar, Mahmoud
• LaRussa, Anna
• Galvani, Carlos A.
• Aboueisha, Mohamed
• Abdelgawad, Mohamed
• Toraih, Eman Ali
• Randolph, Gregory W.
• Kandil, Emad

Titel

Obesity and the prevention of thyroid cancer: Impact of body mass index and weight change on developing thyroid cancer – Pooled results of 24 million cohorts

Ist Teil von

• Oral oncology, 2021-01, Vol.112, p.105085-105085, Article 105085

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Normal and underweight cohorts were associated with a decreased risk of thyroid cancer.•Overweight and obese cohorts were more likely to develop thyroid cancer.•Obesity was associated with higher risk of developing Thyroid cancer among women.•Weight gain increased the risk of developing thyroid cancer. Body weight may be a modifiable risk factor predisposing to different cancers. To establish a potential impact of weight change on thyroid cancer risk, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI) and weight change over time as a risk of developing thyroid cancer (TC). A systematic search was performed up to February 25, 2020. Pooled relative risk (RR) were estimated using fixed and random models. Heterogeneity between articles was examined using Q-test and I2 index. Evaluation of publication bias was conducted with Egger’s regression test. A total of 31 studies including 24,489,477 cohorts were eligible. Pooled analysis revealed that normal and underweight cohorts were associated with a decreased risk of TC (RR = 0.68, 95%CI = 0.65–0.71, p < 0.001) and (RR = 0.92, 95%CI = 0.91–0.93, p < 0.001), respectively. In contrast, overweight and obese cohorts were more likely to develop TC (RR = 1.26, 95%CI = 1.24–1.28, p < 0.001 and RR = 1.50, 95%CI = 1.45–1.55, p < 0.001, respectively). Obesity was associated with higher risk of developing TC among women (RR = 1.29, 95%CI = 1.14–1.46, p < 0.001), but not men (RR = 1.25, 95%CI = 0.97–1.62, p = 0.08). Furthermore, weight gain increased the risk of developing TC (RR = 1.18, 95%CI = 1.14–1.22, p < 0.001), while weight loss decreased the risk (RR = 0.89, 95%CI = 0.85–0.93, p < 0.001). Results showed similar trends of weight change effect in both males and females. Obesity is associated with higher risk of developing TC in women. However, maintaining a healthy weight is associated with reduced risk of TC in both women and men. Shifting our practice to include weight control strategies will help lead to cancer prevention.