Table 1.

Characteristics of the hyperthyroid patients according to the different etiologies

	Graves disease (n = 802)	Multinodular goiter (n = 121)	Toxic adenoma (n = 69)	p value
Sex				0.7
No response	1	–	–
Female	651 (81.3)	101 (83.5)	54 (78.3)
Male	150 (18.7)	20 (16.5)	15 (21.7)
Age, years	43.3 ± 13.8	63.6 ± 15.7	58.7 ± 14.4	<0.0001
BMI	23.3 ± 4.4	25.5 ± 4.8	25.8 ± 5.1	<0.0001
Smoking habit				0.014
No response	13	4	1
Current smoker	183 (23.2)	17 (14.5)	8 (11.8)	0.013
Ex-smoker/never smoked	606 (76.8)	100 (85.5)	60 (88.2)

Values are presented as n (%) or means ± SD. BMI, body mass index.