Epidemiology
British Journal of Cancer (2006) 95, 366–370. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603249 www.bjcancer.com
Published online 11 July 2006
Body size and thyroid cancer in two million Norwegian men and women
A Engeland1,2, S Tretli3, L A Akslen4 and T Bjørge2,5
- 1Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
- 2Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Bergen, N-5018 Bergen, Norway
- 3The Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
- 4The Gade Institute, Section for Pathology, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
- 5Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, N-5018 Bergen, Norway
Correspondence: Professor A Engeland, E-mail: anders.engeland@isf.uib.no
Received 27 April 2006; Revised 5 June 2006; Accepted 9 June 2006; Published online 11 July 2006.
Top of page
Abstract
We investigated relations between measured body mass index (BMI) and stature and thyroid cancer (3046 cases) in a large Norwegian cohort of more than two million individuals. The risk of thyroid cancer, especially of the papillary and follicular types, increased moderately with increasing BMI and height in both sexes.
Keywords:
thyroid cancer, body mass index, height, cohort study, Norway
