Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 86 TED patients.
| Parameter | TED patients (n = 86) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 45.24 ± 10.78 |
| Gender (f/m, n, %) | 46 (53.5)/40 (46.5) |
| TED duration (months) | 23.5 (10.0, 40.3) |
| Hyperthyroidism duration (months) | 11.5 (0.0, 39.5) |
| Hyperthyroidism with a TRAb-negative history (n, %) | 53 (61.6) |
| Treatment of hyperthyroidism | |
| No current therapy (n, %) | 17 (32.1) |
| Antithyroid drugs (n, %) | 28 (52.8) |
| Currently on oral antithyroid drug therapy (n, %) | 23 (43.4) |
| MMI (mg/d) | 0.00 (0.00, 1.56) |
| RAI therapy (n, %) | 8 (15.1) |
| Hypothyroidism occurs after RAI therapy (n, %) | 5 (62.5) |
| Thyroid surgery (n, %) | 0 (0.0) |
| History of hypothyroidism (n, %) | 16 (18.6) |
| Currently on levothyroxine treatment (n, %) | 14 (87.5) |
| Levothyroxine (μg/d) | 0 (0, 0) |
| History of thyroid malignancy (n, %) | 7 (8.1) |
| Combined HT (n, %) | 34 (39.5) |
| Combined hypertension (n, %) | 11 (12.8) |
| Combined diabetes (n, %) | 9 (10.5) |
| Smoker (n, %) | 22 (25.6) |
| No immunosuppressive therapy in the last 3 months (n, %) | 58 (67.4) |
Values are presented as mean ± SD or median (25th percentile, 75th percentile), or number, percentage (n, %), according to distribution; Smoker was defined as having smoked more than 100 cigarettes in a lifetime. Abbreviations: TED denotes thyroid eye disease; MMI methimazole; RAI radioactive iodine.