1. Association between exposure to radioactive iodine after the Chernobyl accident and thyroid volume in Belarus 10-15 years later
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Chirikova, Ekaterina, McConnell, Robert J, O’Kane, Patrick, Yauseyenka, Vasilina, Little, Mark P, Minenko, Victor, Drozdovitch, Vladimir, Veyalkin, Ilya, Hatch, Maureen, Chan, June M, Huang, Chiung-Yu, Mabuchi, Kiyohiko, Cahoon, Elizabeth K, Rozhko, Alexander, and Zablotska, Lydia B
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Epidemiology ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Prevention ,Cancer ,Clinical Research ,Vaccine Related ,Pediatric ,Biodefense ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Adolescent ,Chernobyl Nuclear Accident ,Cohort Studies ,Dose-Response Relationship ,Radiation ,Humans ,Iodine Radioisotopes ,Neoplasms ,Radiation-Induced ,Republic of Belarus ,Thyroid Neoplasms ,Ukraine ,Chernobyl nuclear accident ,Radioactive iodine ,Radiation ,Thyroid gland ,Thyroid volume ,Thyroid pathology ,Dose-response relationship ,Environmental exposure ,Public Health and Health Services ,Toxicology ,Public health - Abstract
BackgroundWhile there is a robust literature on environmental exposure to iodine-131 (131I) in childhood and adolescence and the risk of thyroid cancer and benign nodules, little is known about its effects on thyroid volume.MethodsTo assess the effect of 131I dose to the thyroid on the volume of the thyroid gland, we examined the data from the baseline screening of the Belarusian-American Cohort Study of residents of Belarus who were exposed to the Chernobyl fallout at ages ≤18 years. Thyroid dose estimates were based on individual thyroid activity measurements made shortly after the accident and dosimetric data from questionnaires obtained 10-15 years later at baseline screening. During baseline screening, thyroid gland volume was assessed from thyroid ultrasound measurements. The association between radiation dose and thyroid volume was modeled using linear regression where radiation dose was expressed with power terms to address non-linearity. The model was adjusted for attained age, sex, and place of residence, and their modifying effects were examined.ResultsThe analysis was based on 10,703 subjects. We found a statistically significant positive association between radiation dose and thyroid volume (P
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- 2022