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Table 5 Treatment outcome in patients with Graves’ disease with normal liver function and liver dysfunction at 12-month follow-up

From: Effect of liver dysfunction on outcome of radioactive iodine therapy for Graves’ disease

Treatment outcome

Normal liver function (n = 196)

Liver dysfunction (n = 163)

Total (n = 359)

p value

Efficiency (n [%])

177 (90.31%)

154 (94.48%)

331 (92.20%)

0.142

Recurrence rate (n [%])

14 (7.14%)

8 (4.91%)

22 (6.13%)

0.379

Euthyroidism or hypothyroidism

163 (83.2%)

146 (89.6%)

309 (86.1%)

0.081

Early-onset hypothyroidism rate (n [%])

164 (83.67%)

143 (87.73%)

307 (85.82%)

0.277

  1. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05)