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Reproductive factors and thyroid cancer risk: Meta-analysis
Arathy S Mannathazhathu1, Preethi S George1, Sreekala Sudhakaran1
1Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Background:
Assessed pooled risk on reproductive factors and oral contraceptives (OC) on thyroid cancer (TC) using published studies (1996-2017).
Methods:
Summary odds ratio (OR) for case-control studies (n = 10) and risk ratio (RR) for cohort studies (n = 9) was done.
Results:
OR was 1.43 (95% CI: 1.16-1.77) for age at menarche >14 years, 1.49 (95% CI: 1.19-1.86) for parity >2, 1.38 (95% CI: 1.18-1.61) for miscarriage/abortion, and 2.05 (95% CI: 1.39-3.01) for artificial menopause. A protective effect (ORs: 0.85; 95% CI: 0.72-0.99) on TC was observed for prolonged use of OCs. RR was 1.17 (95% CI: 0.90-1.57) for age at menarche >14 years, 1.10 (95% CI: 0.94-1.27) for parity >2, 1.20 (95% CI: 1.03-1.40) for miscarriage/abortion, and 2.16 (95% CI: 1.41-3.31) for artificial menopause and protective effect (RR: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.65-0.92) for prolonged use of OCs.
Conclusions:
This meta-analysis supports an association due to changes in female hormones during menstrual cycle and pregnancy with the risk of TC and explains female preponderance.
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