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Table 4 The epidemiology of autoimmune thyroid disease in Turner syndrome

From: Endocrine autoimmunity in Turner syndrome

Reference

n of Turner patients

Age range or mean

Autoimmune diseases

Population origin

% of subjects with thyroid autoimmune disease

% of subjects with thyroid autoimmune disease in IsoXq

% of patients with clinical/subclinical hypothyroidism

% of patients with Graves’ disease

Bright et al. 1982 [26]

24

15 ± 5

Thyroiditis

USA

87.5

100

na

na

Germain et al. 1986 [23]

100

15 weeks- 19 years

Thyroiditis

USA

50

57

22

0

Gluck et al. 1992 [27]

77

5-14

Thyroiditis

Germany

3.9

na

na

na

de Kerdanet et al. 1994 [21]

67

5.5-34

Thyroiditis

France

26.9

68.8

23.9

na

Radetti et al. 1995 [30]

478

3.6-25.3

Thyroiditis

Italy

22.2

na

6.1

0.6

Chiovato et al. 1996 [12]

75

3-30

Thyroiditis

Italy

13.3

40

10.6

1.3

Medeiros et al. 2000 [13]

71

0-20

Thyroiditis

Brazil

23.9

na

15.5

0

Medeiros et al. 2009 [14]

17/ 80 (follow-up)

5.9-22.6

Thyroiditis

Brazil

59

33

82.4

5.8

Elsheikh et al. 2001 [18]

145

16-52

Thyroiditis

UK

41

83

15

0.7

El-Mansouri et al. 2005 [31]

91

25-65

Thyroiditis

Sweden

27.5

27.8

25

2

Livadas et al. 2005 [17]

84

0-19

Thyroiditis

Greece

60.7

71

24 21 with Abs

2.5

Bettendorf et al. 2006 [15]

120/327 (follow-up)

>16

Presence of thyroid and celiac disease Abs

Germany

36

5.8

57.1

0

Mc Carthy et al. 2008 [3]

100

7-17

Thyroiditis

USA

51

na

na

na

Fukuda et al. 2009 [36]

65

15-61

Thyroiditis

Japan

57

na

31

4.6

Mortensen et al. 2009 [28]

107

6-60

Thyroiditis, celiac disease

Denmark

45

39

15

1.9

Dias et al . 2010 [4]

56

0.8-52

Celiac disease

Brazil

na

na

na

na

JÓ©rgensen et al. 2010 [7]

798

na

Female predominant

Denmark

1.6

12.5 with

na

0.6

Hashimoto’s

i.e. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

thyroiditis

Male predominant i.e.T1D,

Ulcerative

Colitis

Dupuytren’s contracture,

Amyotrophic lateral

Sclerosis, reactive arthritis

Gawlik et al. 2011 [35]

86

0-17.4

Thyroiditis, celiac disease, T1D, alopecia

Poland

36 with Abs 17.4 with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

35.3 with Abs 17.6 with autoimmune thyroid disease

31.4

0

Bakalov et al. 2012 [10]

224

18-67

High prevalence of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, inflammatory bowel disease and celiac disease

USA

37

58.3

na

0

Hamza et al. 2012 [20]

80

4.7-22.3

Thyroiditis

Egypt

35 anti-TPO 15 anti-Tg

57.9 anti-TPO 26.3 anti-Tg

6.3

1.3

Kucharska et al. 2013 [29]

54

11.9 ± 2.5

Thyroiditis

Poland

64.8 anti-TPO 24 anti-Tg 14.8 anti-NIS

na

20

0

  1. N = number; na = not available; NIS = natrium/iodide symporter.
  2. Table reports-a summary of the literature on the incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease in Turner patients in different population studies.