Table 5.
Hazard ratios of total thyroid cancer according to anthropometric features in both premenopausal women and postmenopausal women
| Premenopausal women | Postmenopausal women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. cases | HR | 95%CI | P values | No. cases | HR | 95%CI | P values | |
| Height, quintile (cm) | ||||||||
| ≤148 | 14 | 1.00 | (Reference) | 20 | 1.00 | (Reference) | ||
| 149–152 | 21 | 0.87 | 0.40–1.90 | 0.734 | 20 | 0.81 | 0.38–1.71 | 0.583 |
| 153–156 | 25 | 1.05 | 0.49–2.25 | 0.904 | 16 | 1.03 | 0.46–2.26 | 0.951 |
| ≥157 | 13 | 0.68 | 0.28–1.62 | 0.383 | 17 | 1.58 | 0.68–3.66 | 0.288 |
| per 5‐cm increase | 1.00 | 0.95–1.05 | 0.887 | 1.01 | 0.96–1.08 | 0.511 | ||
| Weight, quintile (kg) | ||||||||
| ≤49 | 16 | 1.00 | (Reference) | 19 | 1.00 | (Reference) | ||
| 50–53 | 16 | 1.25 | 0.58–2.73 | 0.569 | 11 | 0.72 | 0.31–1.69 | 0.455 |
| 54–59 | 18 | 1.16 | 0.53–2.53 | 0.712 | 23 | 1.15 | 0.55–2.43 | 0.707 |
| ≥60 | 23 | 1.78 | 0.83–3.83 | 0.140 | 20 | 1.13 | 0.51–2.50 | 0.766 |
| per 5‐kg increase | 1.03 | 0.99–1.06 | 0.139 | 1.01 | 0.96–1.08 | 0.567 | ||
| BMI, quintile (kg/m2) | ||||||||
| ≤21.23 | 17 | 1.00 | (Reference) | 14 | 1.00 | (Reference) | ||
| 21.24–23.11 | 17 | 0.88 | 0.42–1.86 | 0.740 | 18 | 1.22 | 0.54–2.76 | 0.628 |
| 23.12–25.31 | 16 | 1.01 | 0.48–2.11 | 0.984 | 17 | 1.16 | 0.51–2.63 | 0.722 |
| ≥25.32 | 23 | 1.52 | 0.75–3.05 | 0.243 | 24 | 1.20 | 0.53–2.70 | 0.659 |
| per 5‐kg/m2 increase | 1.04 | 0.96–1.12 | 0.326 | 0.99 | 0.96–1.08 | 0.627 | ||
BMI, body mass index; HR, hazard rate; CI, confidence interval.
HR: Adjusted for age, public health center area, smoking status, alcohol drinking, leisure‐time physical activity, history of diabetes mellitus, green tea consumption, seaweed consumption, health screening in the previous year, and age at menarche.