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Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)

Background: The health benefits of physical activity are well established, but the association between physical activity and thyroid cancer remains poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and thyroid cancer in order to determine type, fre...

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Autores principales: Fiore, Maria, Cristaldi, Antonio, Okatyeva, Valeriya, Lo Bianco, Salvatore, Oliveri Conti, Gea, Zuccarello, Pietro, Copat, Chiara, Caltabiano, Rosario, Cannizzaro, Matteo, Ferrante, Margherita
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31013573
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081428
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author Fiore, Maria
Cristaldi, Antonio
Okatyeva, Valeriya
Lo Bianco, Salvatore
Oliveri Conti, Gea
Zuccarello, Pietro
Copat, Chiara
Caltabiano, Rosario
Cannizzaro, Matteo
Ferrante, Margherita
author_facet Fiore, Maria
Cristaldi, Antonio
Okatyeva, Valeriya
Lo Bianco, Salvatore
Oliveri Conti, Gea
Zuccarello, Pietro
Copat, Chiara
Caltabiano, Rosario
Cannizzaro, Matteo
Ferrante, Margherita
author_sort Fiore, Maria
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description Background: The health benefits of physical activity are well established, but the association between physical activity and thyroid cancer remains poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and thyroid cancer in order to determine type, frequency, and duration of exercise needed to maximize prevention. Method: Cases, diagnosed from January 2009 to July 2018, and controls were enrolled at the University Hospital “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele” of Catania (South Italy). Logistic regression models were used to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals. Results: A total of 106 cases (91.2% papillary type) and 217 controls were enrolled. Physical activity was rare in Catania (32.8%) and was not correlated to risk of total thyroid cancer (OR: 0.997; 95% CI: 0.515–1.929). Conversely, walking every day for at least 60 minutes reduced the risk of thyroid cancer (OR: 0.357; 95% CI: 0.157–0.673). Conclusions: Our study showed that daily walking duration was associated with lower risk of thyroid cancer using a case-control study. Unfortunately, the frequency of physical activity often declines with age, particularly among the elderly, thus more research on physical activity adherence is needed to determine which approaches are most effective in promoting sustained physical activity participation.
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spelling pubmed-65179302019-05-31 Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy) Fiore, Maria Cristaldi, Antonio Okatyeva, Valeriya Lo Bianco, Salvatore Oliveri Conti, Gea Zuccarello, Pietro Copat, Chiara Caltabiano, Rosario Cannizzaro, Matteo Ferrante, Margherita Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The health benefits of physical activity are well established, but the association between physical activity and thyroid cancer remains poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and thyroid cancer in order to determine type, frequency, and duration of exercise needed to maximize prevention. Method: Cases, diagnosed from January 2009 to July 2018, and controls were enrolled at the University Hospital “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele” of Catania (South Italy). Logistic regression models were used to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals. Results: A total of 106 cases (91.2% papillary type) and 217 controls were enrolled. Physical activity was rare in Catania (32.8%) and was not correlated to risk of total thyroid cancer (OR: 0.997; 95% CI: 0.515–1.929). Conversely, walking every day for at least 60 minutes reduced the risk of thyroid cancer (OR: 0.357; 95% CI: 0.157–0.673). Conclusions: Our study showed that daily walking duration was associated with lower risk of thyroid cancer using a case-control study. Unfortunately, the frequency of physical activity often declines with age, particularly among the elderly, thus more research on physical activity adherence is needed to determine which approaches are most effective in promoting sustained physical activity participation. MDPI 2019-04-22 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6517930/ /pubmed/31013573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081428 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Fiore, Maria
Cristaldi, Antonio
Okatyeva, Valeriya
Lo Bianco, Salvatore
Oliveri Conti, Gea
Zuccarello, Pietro
Copat, Chiara
Caltabiano, Rosario
Cannizzaro, Matteo
Ferrante, Margherita
Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)
title Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)
title_full Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)
title_fullStr Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)
title_full_unstemmed Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)
title_short Physical Activity and Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Catania (South Italy)
title_sort physical activity and thyroid cancer risk: a case-control study in catania (south italy)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31013573
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081428
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