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. 2017 Apr 20;12:72. doi: 10.1186/s13023-017-0625-1

Table 3.

Estimated prevalence of GO and variants of GO. (a) shows prevalence by severity and (b) for clinical variants (all grades of severity)

PREVALENCE (per 10,000 population) PROPORTION OF PATIENTS WITH VARIANT SOURCE
(a)
 All cases of GO 8.97 - [18]
15.48 [19, 20]
 Mild GO 5.83 65.0% [18]
11.03 72.8% [19, 20]
 Moderate-to-severe 2.96–4.45 33.0–29.4% [1820]
 Sight-threatening 0.18 2.0% [11, 14]
(b)
 Euthyroid/hypothyroid GO 0.02–1.10 0.2–11.0% [2933]
 GO associated with dermopathy 0.15 1.5% [7]
 GO associated with acropachy 0.03 0.3% [7]
 Asymmetrical GO 1.00–5.00 10.0–50.0% [3436]
 Unilateral GO 0.50–1.50 5.0–15.0% [3538]