Association of VitD 3 deficiency with thyroid nodules suspected of malignancy in petroleum workers: a retrospective cohort study
VitD3 deficiency, but not VitD2 deficiency, was independently associated with TNs with suspicious malignancy in euthyroid male petroleum workers aged 30-60 years.
Authors
- Shan Zy
- Deping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-9147)
- Zhiqiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6590-739X)
- Song Leng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6692-9195)
- Bingrui Gao
- B.-J. Li
- D. Luo
- Jialin Hu
- Weiping Teng
- Chenxi Zhang
- Jing Li
Institutions
- Dalian Medical University (CN)
- Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Mudanjiang Medical University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University (CN)
- First Hospital of China Medical University (CN)
- China Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20893
- Primary Topic
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00