Skip to main content

Table 2 Immunoendocrine markers differences of active and inactive TED patients

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

Characteristics

AP

IP

P value

TSH (mIU/L)

1.245 (0.298, 3.104)

1.480 (0.295, 3.210)

0.824

fT3 (pmol/L)

3.420 (3.090, 3.860)

3.890 (3.500, 4.790)

0.046

fT4 (pmol/L)

0.905 (0.763, 1.565)

10.57 (0.825, 17.67)

0.012

TRAb (IU/L)

9.220 (3.515, 29.05)

3.020 (1.310, 13.28)

0.004

CD3+ T cells

71.76 (67.72, 76.85)

74.73 (65.15, 76.95)

0.747

CD19+ B cells

14.90 (11.47, 16.96)

13.23 (10.02, 16.27)

0.271

CD16+CD56+ NK cells

11.21 (7.078, 16.98)

12.92 (9.045, 21.38)

0.633

  1. TED: thyroid eye disease; AP: active patients; IP: inactive patients; HC: healthy controls; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; fT3: free triiodothyronine; fT4: free thyroxine; TRAb: Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Antibodies; CD: the cluster of differentiation