Mehdi Naderi Lordjani

Department of Diseases, Deputy of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran

Publications

• Case Report   
  Risk factors for thyroid cancer in women in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
  Author(s): Masoud Amiri, Mohammad Hassan Lotfi*, Hossein Fallahzadeh, Hassan Askarpour and Mehdi Naderi Lordjani
  
  ntroduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common type of endocrine cancer, which accounts for 1% of all cancers. This type of cancer has the highest mortality rate of all endocrine cancers. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors for thyroid cancer in women in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Methods: The present study was a retrospective and case-control study in which 115 thyroid cancer patients and 230 controls were matched in women of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Data were collected using a questionnaire and interviewed by the researcher. To analyze the data, Chisquare and logistic regression tests with odds ratio with 95% confidence were performed using SPSS v.22 software. Results: The results showed that the two groups of case and control in terms of physical activity, history of thyroid cancer in second degree relatives, history of smoking and history o.. Read More»
  

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