Table 2 Characteristics of the patients treated with nivolumab.

From: Anti-thyroid antibodies and thyroid echo pattern at baseline as risk factors for thyroid dysfunction induced by anti-programmed cell death-1 antibodies: a prospective study

Ā 

Total

Thyroid dysfunction

p value

(āˆ’)

(+)

Ā 

(n = 147)

(n = 132)

(n = 15)

Ā 

Tumour type

ā€ƒMM

24

22

2

0.103

ā€ƒNSCLC

54

50

4

ā€ƒRCC

21

18

3

ā€ƒHN

28

24

4

ā€ƒGC

19

17

2

ā€ƒHL

1

0

1

Sex

ā€ƒMale

104

94

10

0.767

ā€ƒFemale

43

38

5

Age, years (range)

64 ± 12

64 ± 12

63 ± 11

1.000

(28–86)

(28–86)

(40–78)

Follow-up period (days)

346 ± 261

340 ± 262

392 ± 255

0.473

History of prior immunotherapy

10

9

1

1.000

Positive for anti-thyroid antibodies at baseline

26

15

11

< 0.001

  1. MM malignant melanoma, NSCLC non-small-cell lung carcinoma, RCC renal cell carcinoma, HN head and neck cancer, GC gastric cancer, HL Hodgkin lymphoma.