Table 4.

Cases with thyroid dysfunction among study participants.

	Patients (N = 468)	Controls (N = 200)	P value
Subclinical hyperthyroidism	25 (5.3)	8 (4)	0.043
Ab (+)	12 (2.6)	1 (0.5)	0.024
Ab (-)	13 (2.8)	7 (3.5)	NS
Clinical hypothyroidism	2 (0.4)	2 (1)	NS
Ab (+)	0	0	NS
Ab (-)	2 (0.4)	2 (1)	NS
Subclinical hypothyroidism	12 (2.6)	3 (1.5)	0.037
Ab (+)	7 (1.5)	1 (0.5)	0.03
Ab (-)	5 (1.1)	2 (1)	NS

NS: not significant; Ab (+): positive thyroid autoantiodies; Ab (-): negative thyroid autoantibodies. Numbers in parentheses represent percentages.