Table 2.

Characteristics of GO patients, GD patients, and control participants (mean ± SD)

	Active GO	Inactive GO	GD	Normal control	P value
N	34	14	30	30
Sex (female:male)	23:11	9:5	19:11	20:10	0.62
Age (years)	31.06 ± 15.15	30.79 ± 17.80	34.50 ± 13.45	32.8 ± 10.8	0.60
Ophthalmopathy duration	10.06 ± 7.16	12.64 ± 10.78			0.88
CAS	5.65 ± 1.72	2.57 ± 0.65	NA	NA	<0.001
TSH (μIU/ml)	0.94 ± 2.46	1.48 ± 2.67	1.23 ± 2.07	NA	0.34
Free T4 (ng/dl)	1.61 ± 0.92	1.52 ± 0.87	1.45 ± 0.79	NA	0.72
Exophthalmos (mm)	19.5 ± 2.76	17.31 ± 2.51	NA	NA	0.03
OI	8.35 ± 1.28	5.71 ± 1.54	NA	NA	0.000
TRAb	638.37 ± 261.34	423.03 ± 190.94	356.11 ± 160.56	NA	0.008

NA not applicable