Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the sample at baseline.

n	435
Gender
Women	361 (83)
Men	74 (17)
Age (years)	54 (42–63)
Diagnosis
Nontoxic goiter	135 (31)
Toxic nodular goiter	98 (23)
Graves’ hyperthyroidism	73 (17)
Graves’ orbitopathy (GO)	25 (6)
Autoimmune hypothyroidism	86 (20)
Other thyroid diagnoses	18 (4)
Disease duration (months)	0.3 (0–4)
Treatment instituted
Levothyroxine	111 (26)
Antithyroid medication	86 (20)
Aspiration of thyroid cyst	4 (1)
Glucocorticoid pulse therapy of GO	2 (0)
Other immunosuppressive treatment of GO	4 (1)
Hemithyroidectomy	64 (15)
Total thyroidectomy	37 (9)
Radioactive iodine	127 (29)

Data are expressed as number (percentage) or median (interquartile range (Q1–Q3)).