Serum Trace Elements Profile in Graves’ Disease Patients with or without Orbitopathy in Northeast China

Figure 1

Comparison of trace elements levels. Data were expressed as median and interquartile intervals. Se, selenium; V, vanadium; Fe, iron; Co, cobalt; Cu, copper; Zn, zinc; Rb, rubidium; Sr, strontium; Cs, cesium; NC, normal controls; EUGD, subjects with stable euthyroid status or subclinical hyperthyroidism after treatment who used to be Graves’ disease; HyGD, newly diagnosed Graves’ disease patients; GO: Graves’ ophthalmopathy patients with euthyroid state or subclinical hyperthyroidism after treatment with antithyroid drugs.