Table 2:
Characteristics of patients with Graves’ disease, type 2 deiodinase polymorphism genotypes.
D2 gene genotypes
TT (
)
AT (
)
AA (
)
Genotype frequency
0.589
0.333
0.078
Age (years)
Sex (male/female)
13/93
11/49
0/12
TV (cm
3
)
*
*
fT3 (pmol/L)
*
*
fT4 (pmol/L)
TSH (mU/L)
*
Heart rate (bpm)
*,**
Blood pressure (mmHg)
/
/
/
*
compared to the patients with TT genotype.
**
compared to the patients with AT and TT genotypes.