Table 4 |
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Demographics of MS patients with thyroid disease and demographics of patients with thyroid disease. Confirmed age means the number of MS patients whose age at onset of thyroid disease could be confirmed. |
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| MS with Graves' |
Graves' Disease |
Significance |
MS with Hashimoto's |
Hashimoto's |
Significance |
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|
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| Total Number |
15 |
80 |
26 |
57 |
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| Confirmed Age |
10 |
13 |
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| Average Age of Onset of Thyroid Disease |
35.2 |
37.5 |
p = 0.61 |
36.2 |
37.9 |
p = 0.70 |
| Female:Male |
13:2 |
72:8 |
p = 0.66* |
21:5 |
48:9 |
p = 0.63 |
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* by Fisher exact test | ||||||
Sloka et al. Journal of Autoimmune Diseases 2005 2:9 doi:10.1186/1740-2557-2-9 |
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