Is body mass index relevant to prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma? A clinicopathological cohort study

Purpose Obesity appears to be related to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in the observational studies, although its relationship concerning the PTC prognosis has not been established. We investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and the prognosis of PTC. Methods The WHO BMI classi...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2017-04, Vol.47 (4), p.506-512
Main Authors: Chung, Yoo Seung, Lee, Joon-Hyop, Lee, Young Don
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Body Mass Index
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma, Papillary
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Neoplasm Staging
Obesity
Original Article
Prognosis
Sex Factors
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:Purpose Obesity appears to be related to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in the observational studies, although its relationship concerning the PTC prognosis has not been established. We investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and the prognosis of PTC. Methods The WHO BMI classification was used to stratify the degree of obesity. The final outcome was disease status, including recurrence and persistence, of 783 PTC patients. We reviewed patients’ BMI, disease status, and other prognostic factors retrospectively. Results The mean BMI was 24.2 kg/m 2 . When stratified according to the WHO BMI classification, 21 were Underweight, 482 were Normal, 232 were Overweight, and 48 were Obese. We divided patients into two groups:
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-016-1417-2