Thyroidectomy for Euthyroid Patients with Hashimoto Disease and Persistent Symptoms: An Observational, Postrandomization Study

Table 1

Group distribution of 223 patients with Hashimoto disease offered thyroidectomy in the observational study.

	Group characteristics		No. of patients
	Anti-TPO ab (IU/mL)	In need of hormone substitution	Total	Surgery	No surgery
Group 2	>1000	Yes	75	57	18
Group 3	<1000	Yes	34	25	9
Group 4	>1000	No	74	47	27
Group 5	>1000	Yes	40	25	15
Total			223	154	69

Controls in the RCT for a minimum of 18 months prior to thyroidectomy. Three patients became in need of hormone substitution during the preoperative period.