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