Table 1 Sociodemographic factors and comorbidity according to AITDs and AR status
Studied variables | Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | Grave`s Disease | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AR N = 1574 | Non-AR N = 307 | AR N = 1780 | Non-AR N = 854 | P | ||||||
Mean ± SE | Min-Max | Mean ± SD | Min-Max | P | Mean ± SE | Min-Max | Mean ± SD | Min-Max | ||
Age of diagnosis of AITD(years) | 39.15 ± 14.32 | 18. – 70 | 42.12 ± 13.82 | 25–70 | 0.001 | 43.73 ± 15.87 | 21–70 | 43.89 ± 13.22 | 21–70 | 0.350 |
Sex (Female) (%) | 87.1% (1371) | 89.2% (274) | 0.310 | 87.2% (1552) | 80.4% (686) | 0.307 | ||||
Age of diagnosis AR(years) | 36.25 ± 13.68 | 18–65 | 42.07 ± 18.43 | 20–69 | 0.0300 | |||||
Period between diagnosis of AITD & AR (years) | 6.08 ± 0.34 | 0–28 | 5.61 ± 1.04 | 0–30 | 0.400 | |||||
AR symptoms & Severity (%) | ||||||||||
Intermittent | 89.5% (1408) | 86.3% (1536) | 0.96 | |||||||
Persistent | 10.5% (166) | 13.7% (244) | ||||||||
Mild | 66.2% (1042) | 69.1% (1230) | 0.752 | |||||||
Moderate | 27.7(436) | 24.9% (443) | ||||||||
Severe | 6.1(96) | 6% (107) | ||||||||
Smokers (%) | 3% (47) | 10.5% (32) | *0.04 | 14.3% (254) | 16.1% (137) | 0.206 | ||||
Family history of AITD (%) | 17.9% (282) | 18.4%(56) | 0.706 | 23.1%(411) | 20.6%(176) | 0.310 | ||||
ESINOPHIL(%) | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 1.3–1.9 | 0.47 ± 2.12 | 0.1–4.7 | 0.722 | 2.03 ± 0.6 | 1.03–2.66 | 2 ± 0.5 | 1–2 | *<0.001 |
Ig E (IU/Ml) | 123.93 ± 72.95 | 8.13–391 | 139.5 ± 71.38 | 39.5 -439.5 | *0.001 | 174.06 ± 69.26 | 10–503 | 95 ± 111.2 | 16.4-473.6 | *<0.045 |