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Table 1 Clinical features and laboratory findings at initial diagnosis in children and adolescents with GD

From: Different doses of methimazole treatment of children and adolescents with graves’ disease: a clinical study based on 161 cases of outpatients

 

n

Female /male

Age (years)

FT3 (pmol/L)

FT4 (pmol/L)

TRAb (IU/L) b

Group A (mild group, lower dose)

78

50/28

10.0 ± 2.2

9.6(7.7–11.9)

26(20.0-33.3)

15.84(9.39–22.39)

Group B (moderate group, higher dose)

37

27/10

9.4 ± 2.3

25.2(22.5–30.0)

56.5(52.4–60.7)

30.31(23.38–34.64)

Group C (severe group, higher dose)

24

15/9

8.4 ± 3.5

>30.8 a

96.1(84.1-137.5)

36.27 (26.47-40.0) c

Group D (severe group, much higher dose)

22

15/7

9.4 ± 3.2

>30.8 a

118.3(83.5-154.2)

37.25 (25.31-40.0) c

Pd

 

0.78

0.08

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

  1. a Reportable range of FT3 was 0.3–30.8 pmol/L
  2. b TRAb: thyrotrophin receptor antibody
  3. c Reportable range of TRAb was 0.3–40 IU/L
  4. d FT3 and TRAb of group C and group D were not counted