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. 2022 Aug 25;14(17):4106. doi: 10.3390/cancers14174106

Table 4.

Association of the number of metabolic syndrome components with the risk of thyroid cancer.

Number of Metabolic Components Number of Subjects Number of Subjects with Thyroid Cancer Incidence Per 10,000 Person-Years RR (95% CI) * p Value
Male
0 479,721 1906 4.8 Reference
1 710,554 3007 5.1 1.07 (1.01–1.13) 0.023
2 664,909 3073 5.5 1.17 (1.10–1.23) <0.001
3 421,177 2073 5.9 1.23 (1.16–1.31) <0.001
4 165,985 944 6.8 1.41 (1.30–1.53) <0.001
5 26,650 165 7.4 1.53 (1.31–1.80) <0.001
Female
0 671,328 10,311 18.5 Reference
1 668,745 11,017 19.8 1.13 (1.10–1.16) <0.001
2 450,434 7767 20.7 1.23 (1.19–1.27) <0.001
3 257,578 4490 20.9 1.27 (1.23–1.32) <0.001
4 112,869 2027 21.5 1.33 (1.27–1.40) <0.001
5 28,523 545 22.9 1.43 (1.31–1.56) <0.001

RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval. * Adjusted for age and body mass index.