Patient characteristics

All thyroid hormone and autoantibody levels are taken at the time of immunological studies. Data are displayed as median and IQR.
1Normal range: 0.3 – 4.0 mIU/L
2Normal range: 1.3 – 2.2 nmol/L
3Normal Range: 60 – 130 nmol/L
4Normal Range: 0.6 – 1.2 nmol/L
5FT3 or FT4 were defined as T3 or T4 divided by T4 uptake
6FT3 or FT4 were defined as T3 or T4 divided by T4 uptake
7Positive >1.0 kIU/L
8Normal range is 2.1 – 9.8 kIU/L [13, 14]
TSH = thyroid stimulating hormone; TSHR = thyroid stimulating hormone receptor; TPO = thyroid perioxdiase.
Patient characteristics