title: Thyroid volume and its relation to anthropometric measures in a healthy cuban population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe the thyroid volume in healthy adults by ultrasound and to correlate this volume with some anthropometric measures and other differentiated thyroid cancer risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thyroid volume and anthropometric measures were recorded in a sample of 100 healthy adults, including 21 men and 79 women aged 18-50 years, living in a non-iodine-deficient area of Havana city.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average thyroid volume was 6.6 ± 0.26 ml; it was higher in men (7.3 ml) than in women (6.4 ml; p = 0.15). In the univariate analysis, thyroid volume was correlated with all anthropometric measures, but in the multivariate analysis, body surface area was found to be the only significant anthropometric parameter. Thyroid volume was also higher in current or former smokers and in persons with blood group AB or B.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Specific reference values of thyroid volume as a function of body surface area could be used for evaluating thyroid volume in clinical practice. The relation between body surface area and thyroid volume is coherent with what is known about the relation of thyroid volume to thyroid cancer risk, but the same is not true about the relation between thyroid volume and smoking habit.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Endocrinology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turcios
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lence-Anta
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Jose-Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Celia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pereda
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Milagros
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Mae
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chappe
authors.affiliation: Cuban Health Public Ministry, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Idalmis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bustillo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Anabel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, Villejuif, France ; The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Enora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clero
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, Villejuif, France ; The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maillard
authors.affiliation: Cuban Health Public Ministry, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Regla
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, Villejuif, France ; The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Constance
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xhaard
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, Villejuif, France ; The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, Villejuif, France ; The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubino
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Radiation Epidemiology Group, Unit 1018-Inserm, Villejuif, France ; The Gustave Roussy Cancer Center, Villejuif, France ; Paris-Sud University, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Vathaire
keywords: Case-control study; Thyroid cancer risk factors; Thyroid volume; Ultrasound