Association between Urinary Iodine Concentration and Thyroid Nodules in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in China.
Hui SunHanyu WangXiaolan LianChao LiuBingyin ShiLixin ShiNanwei TongShu WangJian-Ping WengJiajun ZhaoJiaoyue ZhangJuan ZhengXiang HuYunxia TuLi YuZhongyan ShanWeiping TengMingxing XiePublished in: BioMed research international (2020)
The relationship between TNs and UIC differed between men and women. The risk of TNs decreased with the elevation of UIC in men when UIC was lower than 527 μg/L, while UIC and the presence of TNs were negatively correlated in women. In the future, cohort studies or other studies that can explain causality must be conducted to explore the relationship between iodine status and TNs.