Malignant neoplasms in people with hypothyroidism in Spain: A population-based analysis

The objective of this study was to determine the association between hypothyroidism and overall and site-specific cancer in Spanish population. A cross-sectional study was performed using the population-based database BDCAP (Base de Datos Clínicos de Atención Primaria, primary care clinical database...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2022-10, Vol.17 (10), p.e0275568
Hauptverfasser: Díez, Juan J, Iglesias, Pedro
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The objective of this study was to determine the association between hypothyroidism and overall and site-specific cancer in Spanish population. A cross-sectional study was performed using the population-based database BDCAP (Base de Datos Clínicos de Atención Primaria, primary care clinical database) to analyze the relative risk of cancer in Spanish population with hypothyroidism. In a total of 2,414,165 patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism in BDCAP in 2019, the relative risk (OR) of cancer, compared to the non-hypothyroid population, was 1.73 (1.72-1.74) (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0275568