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Table 1 General Characteristics of subjects

From: Quantitative evaluation of activity of thyroid-associated Ophthalmopathy using short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence

 

Control

(n = 31)

TAO

P-Value

Inactive

(n = 26)

Active

(n = 25)

Inactive vs. Control

Active vs. Control

Active vs. Inactive

Eyes

62

51

51

Age (year)

46.10 ± 15.45

43.00 ± 12.93

51.56 ± 10.23

0.42

0.13

0.02

Male, n (%)

12 (38.71)

10 (38.46)

14 (56.00)

0.99

0.20

0.21

Duration (m)

6 (3–12)

5 (3–8)

0.24

Smoker, n (%)

4 (12.90)

7 (26.92)

14 (56.00)

0.18

< 0.01

0.02

BMI (kg/m2)

23.03 ± 2.92

22.96 ± 3.16

23.50 ± 2.62

0.93

0.53

0.51

FT3 (pg/ml)

2.94 ± 0.37

5.14 ± 4.48

3.53 ± 0.88

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.08

FT4 (ng/dl)

0.87 ± 0.10

2.17 ± 3.23

1.68 ± 2.64

0.03

0.09

0.56

TSH (μIU/ml)

1.64 (1.18–2.28)

0.15 (0.01–3.03)

0.50 (0.04–3.66)

0.44

0.20

0.75

TPO-Ab

0.60 (0.30–1.15)

44.00 (3.65–125.50)

11.00 (4.60–46.3)

< 0.01

0.01

0.98

Tg-Ab

0.10 (0.10–0.10)

0.80 (0.10–9.43)

0.20 (0.10–5.80)

< 0.01

0.03

0.57

TR-Ab

0.50 (0.35–0.50)

3.40 (0.90–20.35)

7.30 (3.48–18.70)

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.79

Eyesight

0.79 ± 0.25

0.82 ± 0.28

0.66 ± 0.28

0.50

< 0.01

< 0.01

Intraocular pressure (mmHg)

15.36 ± 3.02

17.53 ± 3.65

21.41 ± 4.87

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

Exophthalmos (mm)

15.66 ± 2.25

18.67 ± 3.62

20.31 ± 2.99

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

Disease severity

 mild, n (%)

18 (69.23)

1 (4.00)

< 0.01

 moderate-severe, n (%)

8 (30.77)

17 (68.00)

< 0.01

 very severe, n (%)

0

7 (28.00)

< 0.01

  1. Table 1 Data are means ± SD or median (interquartile ranges) or number (percentage) for indicated number of patients in each group. P values for comparisons between groups are based on unpaired t test or Mann-Whitney Test or χ2 test.
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, FT3 Free triiodothyronine, FT4 Free thyroxine, Tg-Ab Thyroglobulin antibody, TPO-Ab Thyroid peroxidase antibody, TR-Ab Thyroid stimulating receptor antibody, TSH Thyroid stimulating hormone.