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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of TED patients and controls

From: The insular cortex is not insular in thyroid eye disease: neuroimaging revelations of central–peripheral system interaction

Characteristics

AP (n = 34)

IP (n = 30)

HC (n = 45)

P value

AP vs IP

AP vs IP vs HC

Sex, Male (n, %)

11 (32.3%)

9 (30%)

21 (46.7%)

0.839

0.257

Age (year)

46.85 ± 10.31

41.7 ± 12.75

42.93 ± 14.93

0.079

0.246

Years of education (year)

13.50 (11.25, 16.00)

16.00 (9.000, 16.75)

16.00 (12.00, 17.50)

0.339

0.488

Disease duration (month)

13 (7, 32)

15 (9, 35)

0.606

CAS

3.26 ± 1.32

0.93 ± 0.98

 < 0.0001

  1. The last column refers to the results of ANOVA
  2. TED: thyroid eye disease; AP: active patients; IP: inactive patients; HC: healthy controls; CAS: clinical activity score