Research Article

Thyroid Autoimmunity and Autoimmunity in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Linked to Disease Severity, Therapeutic Response, and Time to Remission in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

Table 3

Information on demographics, diagnosis of and treatment for AITDs, and thyroid autoantibody results of patients with AITDs.

No. Gender Age at CSU onset (years) Thyroid onset relative to CU and duration between thyroid diseases and CSU (months) Diagnosis TreatmentAnti-Tg 
(+)
Anti-TPO 
(+)

1Female17Before, 108Grave’s diseaseOral medication, unspecifiedYesYes

2Female47Before, 24Grave’s diseasePropylthiouracilYesNo

3Female62Before, NAGrave’s diseaseS/P I-131, LevothyroxineNoNo

4Female55Before, 60Hashimoto’s diseaseLevothyroxineNoYes

5Female41Before, 21Grave’s diseaseMethimazoleYesYes

6Female48Before, NASubclinical hypothyroidismNAYesYes

7Female48Before, 84Grave’s diseaseMethimazoleNoYes

8Female32After, 24Primary hypothyroidismLevothyroxineYesYes

9Female31After, 4.5Grave’s diseaseMMINoYes

10Female53After, 1Subclinical hyperthyroidismMethimazoleYesYes

11Female24After, 22Grave’s diseaseMethimazoleYesYes

12Female17After, 25Hashimoto’s diseaseLevothyroxineYesYes

13Female30After, 24Grave’s diseasePropylthiouracilYesYes

14Female12After, 60UnclassifiedNAYesYes

15Female62After, 1.5Hashimoto’s diseaseObserveYesYes

16Female41After, 1.5Grave’s diseaseMethimazoleYesNo

17Female46After, 26Grave’s diseaseMethimazoleYesNo

18Female54After, 21Hashimoto’s diseaseLevothyroxineYesYes

19Female59After, 2Subclinical hypothyroidismLevothyroxineYesYes

Abbreviations Used in Table 3. AITD: autoimmune thyroid disease, CSU: chronic spontaneous urticarial, and NA: no available data.