Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody in Vitiligo: A Prevalence Study

Table 3

Comparison of thyroid autoantibody profile in various studies.

Sl. number	Studies	Reported prevalence (%) of anti-TPO Ab in vitiligo patients
1	Cunliffe et al. (1968) [5]	11.6
2	Betterle et al. (1985) [10]	18.4
3	Schallreuter et al. (1994) [11]	10.7
4	Hegedus et al. (1994) [12]	25.2
5	Mandry et al. (1996) [13]	50.0
6	Dave et al. (2003) [9]	17.1
7	Daneshpazhooh et al. (2006) [14]	18.1
8	Altaf et al. (2010) [15]	11.0
9	Our study in discussion (2013)	28.0 (19.2–36.8)