Open AccessRecreational Physical Activity and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Risk: A Pooled Analysis of Two Case-Control Studies
Author(s) -
Constance Xhaard,
Juan J Lence-Anta,
Yan Ren,
Françoise BorsonChazot,
G. Sassolas,
Claire Schvartz,
Marc Colonna,
Brigitte Lacour,
Arlette Danzon,
Michel Velten,
Énora Cléro,
Stéphane Maillard,
Émilie Marrer,
Laurent Bailly,
Eugènia Mariné Barjoan,
Martin Schlumberger,
Jacques Orgiazzi,
Élisabeth Adjadj,
Celia M Pereda,
Silvia Turcios,
Milagros Velasco,
Mae Chappé,
Idalmis Infante,
Marlene Bustillo,
Anabel García,
Sirced Salazar,
Regla Rodriguez,
Mohamed Amine Benadjaoud,
Rosa María Bravo Ortiz,
Carole Rubino,
Florent de Vathaire
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european thyroid journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.23
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2235-0802
pISSN - 2235-0640
DOI - 10.1159/000445887
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , recreation , demography , logistic regression , physical activity , thyroid , case control study , cancer , physical therapy , sociology , political science , law
Physical activity has been hypothesized to influence cancer occurrence through several mechanisms. To date, its relation with thyroid cancer risk has been examined in relatively few studies. We pooled 2 case-control studies conducted in Cuba and Eastern France to assess the relationship between self-reported practice of recreational physical activity since childhood and thyroid cancer risk.