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Table 5 Association between TG-Ab and thyroid immune related adverse effect and subgroup analysis

From: Association between the type of thyroid dysfunction induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors and prognosis in cancer patients

 

Positive Tg-Ab (N = 4)

Negative Tg-Ab (N = 16)

P-value

Presence of thyroid irAE

  

0.591

 Thyroid irAE

3 (75.0%)

8 (50.0%)

 

 No thyroid irAE

1 (25.0%)

8 (50.0%)

 

Type of thyroid irAE

 Newly developed overt hypothyroidism

1 (25.0%)

4 (25.0%)

1.000

 Worsened hypothyroidism

2 (50.0%)

1 (6.2%)

0.088

 Subclinical hyperthyroidism

0 (0%)

3 (18.8%)

1.000

  1. Among 196 study population, Tg-Ab were achieved in 25 patients
  2. Tg-Ab Thyroglobulin-Antibody, irAE immune related Adverse Effect