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 diagnosis11.3 ± 3.2
Age (years) at enrollment13.2 ± 3.5
HD/GD44/60
HD condition at diagnosis
 Euthyroid state9 (20.5%)
 Subclinical hypothyroid state6 (13.6%)
 Overt hypothyroid state23 (52.3%)
 Hyperthyroid state6 (13.6%)
 HD patients on T4 replacement25 (56.8%)
Class of TAO
 0 ~ 1 no sign ~ only sign75
 2 soft tissue involvement7
 3 proptosis19
 4 extraocular muscle involvement3
 5 corneal involvement0
 6 sight loss0

AITD: autoimmune thyroid diseases; HD: Hashimoto’s disease; GD: Graves’ disease; TAO: thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.