Clinical Utility of Serum Interleukin-8 and Interferon-Alpha in Thyroid Diseases

Table 1

Characterization of patients with thyroid diseases and healthy individuals.

Subjects	N (%)	Gender		Age
		Male	Female	<45 years	≥45 years
Healthy individuals	19	6	13	15	4
Total Patients	69	16	53	40	29
Goiter	21 (30.43)	3	18	14	7
Autoimmune diseases	16 (23.18)	4	12	9	7
Graves’ disease	12 (17.38)	4	8	7	5
Hashimoto’s disorder	4 (5.79)	—	4	2	2
Thyroid carcinoma	32 (46.37)	9	23	17	15
Papillary	18 (26.07)	3	15	12	6
Follicular	7 (10.14)	2	5	2	5
Medullary	4 (5.79)	2	2	2	2
Anaplastic	3 (4.34)	2	1	1	2