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SynthesisJournal of endocrinological investigation2018

Association between vitamin D deficiency and risk of thyroid cancer: a case-control study and a meta-analysis.

M-J Hu, Q Zhang, L Liang, S-Y Wang, X-C Zheng, M-M Zhou, Y-W Yang, Q Zhong, F Huang

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Synthesis in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Vitamin D-Related Genes and Thyroid Cancer-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  18. Vitamin D, sport and health: a still unresolved clinical issue.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2020
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  20. Vitamin D screening.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M-J HuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Q ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
L LiangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
S-Y WangDepartment of Head and Neck, Breast Surgery, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, No. 107 East Lake Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
X-C ZhengDepartment of Head and Neck, Breast Surgery, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, No. 107 East Lake Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
M-M ZhouDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Y-W YangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Q ZhongDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
F HuangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan District, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China. fenh@ahmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-3668
Anhui Medical University · CNAnhui Provincial Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) 81373071Project for Anhui Province Academic Technology Leader Reserve Candidates' Academic Research Activities 2017H108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAlthough vitamin D is reportedly associated with various cancers, the association between vitamin D and thyroid cancer is indefinite. We aimed to investigate whether this association applies to thyroid cancer (TC).

methodsA total of 276 Chinese Han people were recruited in a current matched case-control study. Multivariable conditional logistic regression was computed to estimate the association between plasma 25(OH)D and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). In addition, we searched relevant studies in PubMed and Web of Science databases before December 2017 to conduct a meta-analysis.

resultsIn our case-control study, plasma 25(OH)D concentration was inversely associated with PTC risk (highest tertile vs lowest tertile: adjusted OR = 0.25; 95% CI 0.10, 0.61; P

conclusionsA high level of circulating 25(OH)D was associated with a decreased TC risk. This association has important significance in public health and should, therefore, be further studied.

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Asian PeopleAdultCase-Control StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsThyroid NeoplasmsVitamin D DeficiencyChinese Han peoplePreventionRisk factorThyroid cancerVitamin D

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PMID29464660
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