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. 2023 Feb 22;14:23. doi: 10.1007/s12672-022-00599-7

Table 1.

Relationship between metabolic disorders and thyroid cancer risk

Author Year Study design Metabolic status Total patients TC patients Measurement 95%CI
Almquist et al.[9] 2011 PCS Met S score 578,700 388 RR males=1.13 0.94–1.35
RR females=1.00 0.87–1.15
Park et al.[10] 2020 RCS Met S 9,890,917 77,133 HR = 1.15 1.13–1.17
Hypertension HR = 1.08 1.06–1.10
HDL-C HR = 1.17 1.15–1.19
Triglycerides HR = 0.96 0.95–0.98
López-Jiménez et al.[11] 2022 RCS Met S 13,626 2,709 OR = 1.71 1.50–1.95
Nguyen et al.[12] 2022 PCS Met S 160,650 471 HR normal weight =1.57* 1.02–2.40
HR obesity =1.71* 1.21–2.41
Son et al.[13] 2018 RCS Obesity 351,402 3,308 HR BMI =1.27 1.05–1.55
Kitahara et al.[14] 2016 Meta analysis Obesity 2,094,047 2,996 HR BMI per 5 kg/m =1.06 1.02–1.10
HR WC per 5 cm =1.03 1.01–1.05
Kwon et al.[15] 2019 RCS Obesity 11,323,006 50,464 HR BMI =1.52 1.45–1.59
Schmid et al.[16] 2015 Meta analysis Obesity NA 12,199 RR = 1.55 1.21–1.99
Yin et al.18 2018 Meta analysis Hyperglycemia 21,713 4,707 RR insulin resistance =1.59 1.12–2.27
RR diabetes =1.40 1.15–1.70
Hypertension RR = 1.34 1.22–1.47
Dyslipidemia RR = 1.05 0.97–1.13
Rahman et al.[18] 2020 RCS Obesity 2070 1013 OR = 1.72 1.37–2.16
Youssef et al.22 2020 Meta analysis Obesity 24,489,477 18,015 RR = 1.5 1.45–1.55
Recalde et al.21 2021 PCS Obesity 3, 658,417 2,688 RR BMI per 1SD =1.08 0.94–1.26
RR WC per 1SD =1.15 0.98–1.34
Kitahara et al.23 2011 PCS Obesity 197,710 210 HR WC male =1.79 1.21–2.63
HR WC female =1.54 1.05–2.26
Kitahara et al.[23] 2020 PCS Obesity 457,331 604 HR BMI =1.3 1.05–1.62
Wang et al.[25] 2021 Case-control Hyperglycemia 5874 2,937 OR diabetes =0.75 0.21–2.73
Zhan et al.[26] 2009 RCS Hyperglycemia 4,421 73 OR diabetes =14.32 1.56-131.49
OR FPG =1.49 1.09–2.02
Lo et al.[27] 2012 RCS Hyperglycemia 1,790,868 1,309 HR diabetes =1.17 1.05–1.31
Li et al.[28] 2017 Meta analysis Hyperglycemia 10,725,884 8,032 RR diabetes =1.2 1.09–1.33
Yeo et al.[29] 2014 Meta analysis Hyperglycemia NA 3566 RR diabetes =1.18 1.08–1.28
Heidar et al[33] 2017 Case-control Hyperglycemia 60 30 OR insulin resistance=4.95 1.27–17.6
OR HOMA−IR =2.43 1.35–5.51
Bae et al.[34] 2015 RCS Hyperglycemia 1,272 735 OR insulin=2.88 2.01–4.11
OR glucose = 9.32 2.81–5.89
OR HOMA−IR = 4.07 6.28–13.83
Ulmer et al.[41] 2009 PCS Triglyceride 156,153 101 HR = 1.96 1.00-3.84

PCS prospective cohort study, RCS retrospective cohort study, Met S metabolic syndrome, RR risk ratio, HR hazard ratio, OR odd ratio, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, NA not available, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SD standard deviation, FSG fasting serum glucose, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, CI confidence interval

*The population in test group are metabolically unhealthy women with normal weight or obesity