Evaluation of Thyroid Nodule Malignant Neoplasms and Obesity Among Children and Young Adults

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2116369. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16369.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the association of obesity in childhood and adolescence with the incidence of malignant thyroid nodules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Neoplasms / psychology
  • Pediatric Obesity / complications*
  • Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Social Class
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / psychology
  • Thyroid Nodule / diagnosis
  • Thyroid Nodule / epidemiology
  • Thyroid Nodule / psychology
  • Young Adult