Gender Disparity in the Relationship between Prevalence of Thyroid Nodules and Metabolic Syndrome Components: The SHDC-CDPC Community-Based Study

• Main Authors: Xiaoying Ding (Author), Ying Xu (Author), Yufan Wang (Author), Xiaohua Li (Author), Chunhua Lu (Author), Jing Su (Author), Yuting Chen (Author), Yuhang Ma (Author), Yanhua Yin (Author), Yong Wu (Author), Yaqiong Jin (Author), Lihua Yu (Author), Junyi Jiang (Author), Naisi Zhao (Author), Qingwu Yan (Author), Andrew S. Greenberg (Author), Haiyan Sun (Author), Mingyu Gu (Author), Li Zhao (Author), Yunhong Huang (Author), Yijie Wu (Author), Chunxian Qian (Author), Yongde Peng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The study is aimed to investigate the pathogenesis underlying the increased prevalence of thyroid nodule (TN) in different levels of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and analyze the relationships between TN and MetS components. A total of 6,798 subjects, including 2201 patients with TN, were enr...