Elevated Thyroid Autoantibodies Aggravate Stroke Severity in Euthyroidism with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Table 1

Comparison of demographic features in AIS and euthyroidism with and without elevated thyroid autoantibodies.

	PTA ()	NTA ()	value
Age, years			0.518
Female, (%)	25 (50.0)	113 (30.4)
Hypertension, (%)	46 (92.0)	332 (89.2)	0.550
Diabetes, (%)	29 (58.0)	197 (53.0)	0.503
Hyperlipidemia, (%)	29 (58.0)	234 (62.9)	0.502
Cigarette smoking, (%)	11 (22.0)	115 (30.9)	0.192
Aspirin therapy, (%)	11 (22.0)	97 (26.1)	0.529

Data presented as or percentage. Abbreviations: AIS: acute ischemic stroke; PTA: positive thyroid autoantibody; NTA: negative thyroid autoantibody. and .