Clinical Study

Thyroid Autoimmunity and Behçet’s Disease: Is There a Significant Association?

Table 2

Thyroid hormone levels and autoimmune thyroiditis status in the patient and control groups.

Euthyroid (n)Subclinicd hypothyroid (n)Hypothyroid (n)Hyperthyroid (n) FT4 (mean ± SD)TSH (mean ± SD)

Patients 17 (80.95%)2 (9.52%)1 (4.76%)1 (4.46%)1.21 ± 0.191.67 ± 1.08
Controls 18 (81.82%)2 (9.10%)1 (4.54%)1 (4.54%)1.11 ± 0.191.83 ± 0.98
P 0.000*0.120

Student’s t-test was used. *P < 0.001.