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Table 1 Characters of Graves' Disease Patients between Male and Female

From: Toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to graves' ophthalmopathy in Taiwan males

 

Male

(n = 99)

Female

(n = 372)

P-value*

Ophthamology

   

   Yes

51 (51.52)

149 (40.05)

 

   No

48 (48.48)

223 (59.95)

0.04

Goiter

   

   Yes

95 (95.96)

345(92.74)

 

   No

4 (4.04)

27 (7.26)

0.25

Nodular hyperplasia

   

   Yes

8 (8.08)

39 (10.48)

 

   No

91 (91.92)

333 (89.52)

0.48

Myxedema

   

   Yes

2 (2.02)

4 (1.08)

 

   No

97 (97.98)

368 (98.92)

0.46

Vitiligo

   

   Yes

1 (1.01)

3 (0.81)

 

   No

98 (98.99)

369 (99.19)

0.84

Age at enrollment mean ± SD†

40.25 (10.62)

39.81 (12.57)

0.55†

Age at diagnosis mean ± SD†

35.69 (10.34)

34.57 (12.25)

0.16†

Smoking history

   

   Never

33 (33.33)

327 (87.90)

 

   Ever

66 (66.67)

45 (12.10)

<0.001

  1. Data are no. (%)
  2. *Chi square test.
  3. †Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon test.