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Background: The effect of iodine deficiency, especially during the fetal period, on thyroid cancer risk remains unclear. The evidence from observational studies is controversial because of the inevitable confounding factors. We studied the causal effect of congenital iodine deficiency on differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) based on Mendelian randomization (MR).

Methods: Two-Sample MR analysis was performed using data from published genome-wide association studies, including congenital iodine deficiency syndrome (CIDS) (353 cases, 187,684 controls) and DTC (649 cases, 431 controls) data.

Results: There was a causal relationship between CIDS and DTC (P < 0.05), with CIDS increasing the DTC risk by 37.4% (OR = 1.374, 95%CI = 1.110-1.700). Heterogeneity tests and tests of multiple validities indicated that the results were solid and reliable (all P < 0.05).

Conclusions: Fetal iodine deficiency increases the risk of DTC, so future clinical studies should focus on the effect of iodine supplementation during pregnancy to reduce the risk of thyroid cancer in the offspring.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02971-xDOI Listing

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