The association of uric acid with the development of thyroid nodules: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Uric acid was found to have a positive correlation with thyroid nodules in the cross-sectional studies recently. We aimed to conduct a retrospective cohort study to investigate whether uric acid is a risk factor for the development of thyroid nodules.

Methods: We reviewed the data of individuals who attended the medical check-ups in our hospital from 2010 to 2019.

Classification of Thyroid Nodules with Stacked Denoising Sparse Autoencoder.

Purpose: Several commercial tests have been used for the classification of indeterminate thyroid nodules in cytology. However, the geographic inconvenience and high cost confine their widespread use. This study aims to develop a classifier for conveniently clinical utility.