Table 4.
Patients and TPOAb | (%) |
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Patients with postive TPOAb at baseline | 8.0 |
Patients with negative TPOAb at baseline who develop thyroid dysfunction | 31.0 |
Patients with postive TPOAb at baseline who develop thyroid dysfunction | 69.0 |
|
31.2 25.0 12.5 31.2 |
Positive TPOAb at the time of thyroid dysfunction | 69.8 |
|
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De novo positive TPOAb without thyroid dysfunction | 10.5 |
Data elaborated from Daniels et al. (42).