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. 2017 Nov 1;8:1440. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01440

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the subjects.

hCD uGD eGD nGD
n (male/female) 30 (10/20) 40 (14/26) 30 (8/22) 18 (4/18)
FT3 (pmol/l) 4.35 ± 0.50 27.95 ± 13.67a 4.45 ± 0.77b 4.17 ± 0.42c
FT4 (pmol/l) 13.34 ± 1.33 41.06 ± 12.83a 11.67 ± 2.90b 12.98 ± 2.20c
sTSH (mIU/l) 1.93 ± 0.79 0.003 ± 0.006a 2.10 ± 3.51b 1.90 ± 0.83c
TRAb (IU/l) 0.38 ± 0.25 17.33 ± 12.32a 9.22 ± 8.30 0.72 ± 0.35c
TPOAb (IU/ml) 0.28 ± 0.24 328.54 ± 317.2a 358.97 ± 301.53 55.59 ± 65.66d
TGAb (IU/ml) 1.03 ± 0.64 273.15 ± 345.57a 139.18 ± 209.32 73.90 ± 65.66d

aP < 0.01, untreated GD (uGD) compared with healthy control donors (hCD).

bP < 0.01, euthyroid GD (eGD) compared with uGD.

cP < 0.01, TRAb negative-conversion GD (nGD) compared with uGD.

dP < 0.05, nGD compared with uGD.