Table 1.

Characteristics of inactive, chronic thyroid eye disease survey respondents

Patient characteristics	N = 100
Age at survey, years
Mean ± SD	45.2 ± 7.6
Median (range)	45 (23 − 64)
Age at TED diagnosis, years
Mean ± SD	39.5 ± 9.7
Median (range)	40 (17 − 60)
Female, n (%)	47 (47%)
Patient ethnicity, n (%)
Caucasian	81 (81%)
African-American	11 (11%)
Asian	4 (4%)
Native American	2 (2%)
Other (Hispanic, biracial)	2 (2%)
Smoking status, n (%)
Current smoker	13 (13%)
Former smoker	26 (26%)
Never-smoked	61 (61%)
Most common comorbidities, n (%)
Non-thyroid autoimmune disease	24 (24%)
Type 1 diabetes	5 (5%)
Inflammatory bowel disease	5 (5%)
Rheumatoid arthritis	5 (5%)
Lupus	4 (4%)
Psoriasis	3 (3%)
Psoriatic arthritis	3 (3%)
Autoimmune blood disorder	1 (1%)
Unspecified autoimmune disease	1 (1%)
Myasthenia gravis	1 (1%)
Hypertension	22 (22%)
Overweight/obese	16 (16%)
TED duration, mean ± SD, years
Active/acute disease	2.7 ± 2.5
Inactive/chronic disease	3.0 ± 4.6
Total TED duration	5.8 ± 5.9

SD, standard deviation; TED, thyroid eye disease