Research Article
Association of Polymorphisms in Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 9 with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in Korean Pediatric Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of 104 autoimmune thyroid disease patients.
| Characteristics |
| Sex (F/M) | 86/18 | Age (years) at diagnosis | 11.3 ± 3.2 | Age (years) at enrollment | 13.2 ± 3.5 | HD/GD | 44/60 | HD condition at diagnosis | Euthyroid state | 9 (20.5%) | Subclinical hypothyroid state | 6 (13.6%) | Overt hypothyroid state | 23 (52.3%) | Hyperthyroid state | 6 (13.6%) | HD patients on T4 replacement | 25 (56.8%) | Class of TAO | 0 ~ 1 no sign ~ only sign | 75 | 2 soft tissue involvement | 7 | 3 proptosis | 19 | 4 extraocular muscle involvement | 3 | 5 corneal involvement | 0 | 6 sight loss | 0 |
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AITD: autoimmune thyroid diseases; HD: Hashimoto’s disease; GD: Graves’ disease; TAO: thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.
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