Association of IL-1β, NLRP3, and COX-2 Gene Polymorphisms with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Risk and Clinical Features in the Iranian Population

Table 3

Demographic and clinical characteristics of Graves’ patients and controls.

	Graves’	Control	value
Age, years			0.774
Gender
Male (%)	28 (22.4)	21 (14.48)	0.092
Female (%)	97 (77.6)	124 (85.52)
BMI
Onset age
Other autoimmune disorders history (%)	1 (0.8)
Family history (%)	40 (32)
Smoking history (%)	20 (16)
Thyroid volume (ml)
Free T4 ()
Free T3 ()
TSH ()
Graves ophthalmopathy	28 (22.4)