Celil Alper Usluogullari
Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Ankara
Turkey
Research Article
Does Increased Body Mass Index Lead to Elevated Thyroid Cancer Risk?
Author(s): Fevzi Balkan, Celil Alper Usluogullari, Rifki Ucler, Husniye Baser, Reyhan Ersoy and Bekir CakirFevzi Balkan, Celil Alper Usluogullari, Rifki Ucler, Husniye Baser, Reyhan Ersoy and Bekir Cakir
Purpose: Obesity is associated with various diseases including thyroid cancer. The relationship between thyroid nodules and obesity is unclear. In this study, patients with a higher-than-population risk of thyroid cancer whose thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsies were suspicious or indeterminate were divided into groups according to their body mass index and their rate of malignancy was examined.
Method: In this study, 214 patients who were operated for indeterminate cytology in 2009-2010 at our clinic were reviewed retrospectively. The patients were divided into 4 groups. Group 1 included 47 patients (BMI 18-24,9 kg/ m2); Group 2 included 67 patients (BMI 25-29,9); Group 3 included 85 patients (BMI 30-39,9); and Group 4 had 15 patients (BMI > 40). Patients were classified as benign and malign based on the postoperative histopathological.. View More»
