Research Article
Associations between NLRC4 Gene Polymorphisms and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Table 1
Clinical and demographics features of the subjects.
| | Items | AITD | GD | HT | Controls |
| | Number | 1005 | 629 | 376 | 781 | | Gender | | | Male | 243 (24.18%) | 189 (30.05%) | 54 (14.36%) | 312 (39.95%) | | Female | 762 (75.82%) | 440 (69.95%) | 322 (85.64%) | 469 (60.05%) | | Age (years) | | | | | | Goiter | | | | No goiter | 290 (28.86%) | 132 (20.99%) | 158 (42.02%) | — | | Degree I | 258 (25.67%) | 166 (26.39%) | 92 (24.47%) | — | | Degree II | 408 (40.59%) | 289 (45.94%) | 119 (31.65%) | — | | Degree III | 49 (4.88%) | 42 (6.68%) | 7 (1.86%) | — | | Family history | | — | | (+) | 193 (19.20%) | 132 (20.99%) | 61 (16.22%) | — | | (-) | 812 (80.80%) | 497 (79.01%) | 315 (83.78%) | — | | Ophthalmopathy | | — | | (+) | 102 (10.15%) | 99 (15.74%) | 3 (0.80%) | — | | (-) | 903 (89.85%) | 530 (84.26%) | 373 (99.20%) | — |
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GD: Graves’ disease; HT: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
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