Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Are They Associated with Disease Occurrence and Its Features?

Table 1

Patients and controls characteristic.

	AIT	Healthy controls
n	223	130
Age (SD) [years]	46.88 (13.50)	35.42 (14.96)
Female to male ratio	21.3:1	3.48:1
Thyroid volume (SD) [ml]	11.39 (8.80)	10.22 (4.09)
TSH (SD) [mIU/l]	2.01 (2.08)	1.52 (0.49)
Levothyroxine dose (SD) [μg/kg body mass]	1.19 (0.50)	-
Age at diagnosis (SD) [years]	43.37 (14.57)	-
Follow-up time (IQR) [years]	3 (1-6)	-
Elevated TPOAb [%]	92.83	none
Elevated TgAb [%]	64.13	none

AIT: autoimmune thyroiditis.
Data are mean (SD, standard deviation), median (IQR, interquartile range), or percentage.