2018
Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Population Based Case-Control Study in Connecticut
Huang H, Zhao N, Chen Y, Deziel N, Dai M, Li N, Udelsman R, Zhang Y. Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Population Based Case-Control Study in Connecticut. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2018, 1032: 1-14. PMID: 30362087, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98788-0_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyThyroid cancerAlcohol consumptionInverse associationPopulation Based Case-Control StudyPopulation-based case-control studyIncident thyroid cancer casesSignificant associationLager tumor sizeBody mass indexBenign thyroid diseaseUnconditional logistic regressionPopulation-based controlsThyroid cancer riskFirst-degree relativesPapillary thyroid cancerThyroid cancer casesPotential confounding variablesDose-dependent mannerConsumption of alcoholSmoking statusMass indexTumor sizeThyroid diseaseThyroid microcarcinoma
2017
Occupational exposure to pesticides and other biocides and risk of thyroid cancer
Zeng F, Lerro C, Lavoué J, Huang H, Siemiatycki J, Zhao N, Ma S, Deziel NC, Friesen MC, Udelsman R, Zhang Y. Occupational exposure to pesticides and other biocides and risk of thyroid cancer. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2017, 74: 502. PMID: 28202579, PMCID: PMC5572578, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid cancerOccupational exposurePopulation-based case-control studyIncident thyroid cancer casesUnconditional logistic regression modelsCase-control studyPapillary thyroid cancerThyroid cancer casesJob-exposure matrixLogistic regression modelsHigher cumulative probabilityPotential confoundersThyroid microcarcinomaCancer casesHigh riskSignificant associationCancerObserved associationsCumulative probabilityStrong associationRiskAssociationExposureFurther investigationRegression models