Tetsuya Ohira, Masanori Nagao, Fumikazu Hayashi, Hiroki Shimura, Satoru Suzuki, Seiji Yasumura, Hideto Takahashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Manabu Iwadate, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Akira Sakai, Tetsuo Ishikawa, Fumihiko Furuya, Shinichi Suzuki, Susumu Yokoya, Hitoshi Ohto, Kenji Kamiya
CONTEXT: Examining how overweight/obesity impacts thyroid nodule development in children and adolescents by sex and age can speculate on the mechanism. OBJECTIVE: We examined whether overweight in children and adolescents are associated with thyroid nodule development by sex and age. DESIGN: Approximately 300,000 participants who underwent thyroid ultrasonography in the Fukushima Health Management Survey after a nuclear accident were enrolled...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism