. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 25.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Feb;89(2):930–935. doi: 10.1210/jc.2003-031427

TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with GO

Time from diagnosis of hyperthyroidism (months)	55.7 ± 14.2^a
Duration of signs/symptoms of ophthalmopathy (months)	44.9 ± 12.6^a
No. with optic neuropathy	4/22
Antithyroid drug treatment	4/22 current users
Treatment with corticosteroids	4/22 currently using corticosteroids 9/22 used corticosteroids in the past
History of radioiodine treatment	18/22
History of orbital irradiation	4/22
Smoking	9/22 current smokers

Mean ± SEM.