The Frequency of Langerhans Islets β-Cells Autoantibodies (Anti-GAD) in Georgian Children and Adolescents with Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis

Table 3

Frequency of GAD antibodies in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis and the control subjects.

	Patients with autoimmune thyroiditis	Control subjects
	41	51
Age (years)	13.39 ± 1.96	12.98 ± 2.39
Sex (male/female)	10/31	17/34
Anti-GAD positive (/%)	4/9.8	0	0.036