ArticleScientific reports2021
National cohort and meteorological data based nested case-control study on the association between air pollution exposure and thyroid cancer.
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- Association Between Environmental Air Pollution and Thyroid Cancer and Nodules: A Systematic Review.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2024Pooled it
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- Association of ambient air pollutants with maternal thyroid hormones during the entire pregnancy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Continued rise in the incidence of thyroid cancer in Iran: true increase or overdiagnosis?Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- Association between air pollutants, thyroid disorders, and thyroid hormone levels: a scoping review of epidemiological evidence.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- The impact of environmental factors and contaminants on thyroid function and disease from fetal to adult life: current evidence and future directions.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Type 2 diabetes and thyroid cancer: Synergized risk with rising air pollution.World journal of diabetes · 2023Review
- Socioeconomic disparity in the association between fine particulate matter exposure and papillary thyroid cancer.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2023Article
- Effect of the Marine Exercise Retreat Program on Thyroid-Related Hormones in Middle-Aged Euthyroid Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Acute exposure to diesel particulate matter promotes collective cell migration in thyroid cancer cells.Frontiers in toxicology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of exposure to meteorological conditions, including air pollution, on thyroid cancer. A nested case-control study was conducted utilizing 4632 patients with thyroid cancer and 18,528 control subjects who were matched at a 1:4 ratio by age group, sex, income, and region of residence. Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort data from 2002 to 2015 were used. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for thyroid cancer correlated with meteorological and air pollution exposure over a moving average of 3 years before the index dates. For all participants, the adjusted ORs associated with relative humidity (1.01, 95% CI 1.00-1.03, P value = 0.023), ambient atmospheric pressure (1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.03, P value < 0.001), and sunshine duration (1.17, 95% CI 1.04-1.31, P value = 0.007) indicated correlations with the occurrence of thyroid cancer; however, these results were inconsistent in the subgroup analyses. Overall, exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO
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