Research Article

Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in the Orbital Fat/Connective Tissue of Patients with Graves’ Orbitopathy: Clinical Implications

Table 3

Number of patients and the percentage of FGF and CD68 expression within scores 0, 1, and 2 in examined groups (see legend for Table 2).
(a)

FGF expressionControlMild GOSevere GOSum

≤10% no.5005
71.43%0.00%0.00%
(10%; 50%) no.26715
28.57%75.00%31.81%
>50% no.021517
0.00%25.00%68.18%

(b)

CD68 expressionControlMild GOSevere GOSum

≤10% no.4004
57.14%0.00%0.00%
(10%; 50%) no.34714
42.86%50.00%31.81%
>50% no.041519
0.00%50.00%68.18%