Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of participants.

Characteristics	Mild GO	Moderate-to-severe GO	Controls	p value
Number of patients (N)	99	94	95
Age (years)	38.4 ± 10.4	47.6 ± 15.0	29.3 ± 8.1	< 0.001*
Sex (male/female)	13/86	45/49	37/58	< 0.001**
Exophthalmos	16.7 ± 2.02	18.7 ± 3.27	17.2 ± 1.66	< 0.001*
MRD1	3.62 ± 1.18	4.22 ± 1.61	3.01 ± 1.09	< 0.001*

MRD margin reflex distance, GO Graves’ orbitopathy.

*One-way ANOVA test.

**Pearson’s chi-square test.