Table 2.

Pattern of thyroid function abnormalities throughout the observation time.

Type of abnormalities	NGCG			GCG
	Time point #1 (number/percentage of cases)	Time point #2 (number/percentage of cases)	Time point #3 (number/percentage of cases)	Time point #1 (number/percentage of cases)	Time point #2 (number/percentage of cases)	Time point #3 (number/percentage of cases)
Total	67/56.78%	48/57.83%	33/71.74%	33/58.93%	51/68.92%	49/77.78%
Thyroid dysfunction in non-thyroidal illness	51/43.22%	32/38.55%	20/43.48%	29/51.78%	40/54.05%	42/66.67%
Unspecified/mixed	16/13.56%	16/19.28%	13/28.26%	4/7.14%	11/14.86%	7/11.11%