Table 1.
Relationships between anti-α-fodrin IgA/IgG-antibodies and GO characteristics.
| IgA | IgG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character of GO | Negative | Positive | P1 | Negative | Positive | P1 |
| Activity | ||||||
| Inactive | 59 | 8 | 57 | 10 | ||
| Active | 67 | 6 | 1·000 | 62 | 11 | 0·576 |
| Duration | ||||||
| <6 months | 17 | 5 | 20 | 2 | ||
| >6 months | 101 | 16 | 0·329 | 105 | 12 | 1·000 |
| Steroid therapy | ||||||
| No | 94 | 12 | 90 | 16 | ||
| Yes | 31 | 2 | 1·000 | 28 | 5 | 0·519 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| No | 50 | 8 | 48 | 10 | ||
| Yes | 61 | 6 | 0·809 | 57 | 10 | 0·411 |
| TSH-R antibody | ||||||
| Negative | 65 | 5 | 60 | 10 | ||
| Positive | 39 | 5 | 0·444 | 35 | 9 | 0·505 |
| Tg antibody | ||||||
| Negative | 94 | 9 | 88 | 15 | ||
| Positive | 21 | 5 | 0·371 | 20 | 6 | 0·156 |
| TPO antibody | ||||||
| Negative | 51 | 1 | 43 | 9 | ||
| Positive | 66 | 13 | 0·810 | 67 | 12 | 0·008 |
Tg, thyroglobulin; TPO, thyroid peroxidase; TSH-R, TSH receptor.
1
Fisher's exact test.