SynthesisCancer research and treatment2017
Alcohol Intake and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.
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- Pooled it
- Alcohol consumption and its association with cancer, cardiovascular, liver and brain diseases: a systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Will metformin use lead to a decreased risk of thyroid cancer? A systematic review and meta-analyses.European journal of medical research · 2023Pooled it
- Cancer risk based on alcohol consumption levels: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and health · 2023Pooled it
- Alcohol and Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses Base on Prospective Cohort Studies.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- [Differential health effects of alcoholic beverages: an umbrella review of observational studies.]Revista espanola de salud publica · 2020Pooled it
- Light Alcohol Drinking and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies.Cancer research and treatment · 2018Pooled it
- Obesity is positively related and tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption are negatively related to an increased risk of thyroid cancer.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Environmental and lifestyle factors and risk of thyroid carcinoma: a cross-sectional study.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Family History of Hypertension Predicts Thyroid Cancer Risk in Women: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study With Integrative Machine Learning and Genomic Analyses.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Alcohol consumption and cancer risk in South Korea and the UK: prospective cohort studies.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Predicting central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma combined with Hashimoto's thyroiditis: a preoperative study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Relationship of modifiable risk factors with the incidence of thyroid cancer: a worldwide study.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- The Correlation Between Biological Markers and Prognosis in Thyroid Cancer.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Prevalence of thyroid nodule and relationship with physiological and psychosocial factors among adults in Zhejiang Province, China: a baseline survey of a cohort study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Influence of metabolic syndrome and lifestyle factors on thyroid nodules in Chinese adult men: a cross-sectional study.European thyroid journal · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Awareness and Perception towards Thyroid Cancer in General Population: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Inflammatory potential of the diet and association with risk of differentiated thyroid cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Adapted dietary inflammatory index and differentiated thyroid carcinoma risk in two French population-based case-control studies.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Association between Thyroid Cancer and Breast Cancer: Two Longitudinal Follow-Up Studies Using a National Health Screening Cohort.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to assess whether alcohol intake is associated with the risk of thyroid cancer by a meta-analysis of observational studies. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe searched PubMed and EMBASE in June of 2015 to locate eligible studies. We included observational studies such as cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, and cohort studies reporting odd ratios (ORs) or relative risk (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsWe included 33 observational studies with two cross-sectional studies, 20 case-controls studies, and 11 cohort studies, which involved a total of 7,725 thyroid cancer patients and 3,113,679 participants without thyroid cancer in the final analysis. In the fixed-effect model meta-analysis of all 33 studies, we found that alcohol intake was consistently associated with a decreased risk of thyroid cancer (OR or RR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.67 to 0.83; I
conclusionThe current meta-analysis of observational studies found that, unlike most of other types of cancer, alcohol intake decreased the risk of thyroid cancer.
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