Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients after matching (matched to potential confounders using propensity score method)

	High turnover	Normal turnover	p value
Number of patients	n = 77	n = 77
Age (years) (median, range)	37 (16–66)	38 (17–64)	0.516
Gender (male/female)	21(27%)/56 (73%)	21(27%)/56(73%)	1.0
Duration of disease (months) (median, range)	24 (1–120)	24 (1–150)	0.928
Prior antithyroid drug use	69(90%)	67(87%)	0.616
Duration of antithyroid drug use (months) (median, range)	18 (0–120)	24 (0–150)	0.604
WHO goitre grading
0	2 (3%)	3(4%)	0.857
1	21(27%)	19 (25%)
2	54 (70%)	55 (71%)
First-dose RAI 1 activity (mCi) (median, range)	7 (5–15)	5 (5–15)	0.895

Two groups matched for potential confounders (age, sex, duration of disease, prior ATD use, goitre grading, RAI activity used)