Body size and thyroid cancer in two million Norwegian men and women

We investigated relations between measured body mass index (BMI) and stature and thyroid cancer (3046 cases) in a large Norwegian cohort of more than two million individuals. The risk of thyroid cancer, especially of the papillary and follicular types, increased moderately with increasing BMI and he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Engeland, A, Tretli, S, Akslen, L A, Bjørge, T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2006
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2360634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16832414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6603249
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Sumario:We investigated relations between measured body mass index (BMI) and stature and thyroid cancer (3046 cases) in a large Norwegian cohort of more than two million individuals. The risk of thyroid cancer, especially of the papillary and follicular types, increased moderately with increasing BMI and height in both sexes.

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