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01.07.2009 | Original Paper

Anthropometric factors in differentiated thyroid cancer in French Polynesia: a case–control study

verfasst von: Pauline Brindel, Françoise Doyon, Frédérique Rachédi, Jean-Louis Boissin, Joseph Sebbag, Larrys Shan, Vaiana Chungue, Frédérique Bost-Bezeaud, Patrice Petitdidier, John Paoaafaite, Joseph Teuri, Florent de Vathaire

Erschienen in: Cancer Causes & Control | Ausgabe 5/2009

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Abstract

Objectives

French Polynesia has one of the world’s highest thyroid cancer incidence rates. A case–control study among native residents of French Polynesia included 219 cases of differentiated thyroid cancers diagnosed between 1979 and 2004 (195 women/24 men) matched with 359 population controls (315 women/44 men) on the date of birth.

Methods

Anthropometric factors were analyzed by conditional logistic regression.

Results

The risk of thyroid cancer for women in the highest quartile of body mass index (BMI) before diagnosis and at age 18 was 2.3-fold higher (95% CI, 1.1–4.7 p = 0.04) and 2.3-fold higher (95% CI, 1.2–4.4 p < 0.01), respectively, compared with the lowest. Women who were overweight (BMI = 25–29.9 kg/m²) or obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) at age 18 and before diagnosis had an increased risk compared with those with a normal lifelong weight (OR = 6.2; 95% CI, 2.5–15.5 p < 0.01). Results for excess weight appeared in similar directions for men, although the number of cases was too small to provide reliable estimates. Height was positively associated with thyroid cancer among men and women.

Conclusion

This study shows the role of excess body weight, especially if the onset is during early adulthood, and elevated height in the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer in populations born in French Polynesia.

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Titel: Anthropometric factors in differentiated thyroid cancer in French Polynesia: a case–control study
verfasst von: Pauline Brindel
Françoise Doyon
Frédérique Rachédi
Jean-Louis Boissin
Joseph Sebbag
Larrys Shan
Vaiana Chungue
Frédérique Bost-Bezeaud
Patrice Petitdidier
John Paoaafaite
Joseph Teuri
Florent de Vathaire
Publikationsdatum: 01.07.2009
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Cancer Causes & Control / Ausgabe 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-008-9266-y

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Anthropometric factors in differentiated thyroid cancer in French Polynesia: a case–control study