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Table 4 Adverse effects after the start of MMI

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

 

n

Skin rash

Liver dysfunction

Transient neutropenia

Arthralgia/myalgia

Patients with adverse effects

Pa

 

Group A (mild group, lower dose)

78

2 (2.56%)

6 (7.69%)

3 (3.85%)

2 (2.56%)

10 (12.82%)

P < 0.01

 

Group B (moderate group, higher dose)

37

0

3 (8.11%)

1 (2.70%)

1 (2.70%)

11 (13.51%)

P < 0.01

 

Group C (severe group, higher dose)

24

3 (12.50%)

2 (8.33%)

1 (4.17%)

0

12 (16.67%)

P < 0.01

 

Group D (severe group, much higher dose)

22

2 (9.09%)

5 (22.73%)

3 (13.64%)

2 (9.09%)

13 (40.91%)

Referent

 
  1. a Comparisons of the incidence rates of adverse effects in each group with Group D