Table 3 Comparisons of longitudinal changes in the limitation of extraocular movement, diplopia, clinical activity score, and thyroid status in the improved and not-improved groups.

From: Prognostic factors of restrictive myopathy in thyroid eye disease

 

Pre-treatment

3 months

6 months

9 months

12 months

LOM (SD)

Improved

2.5 (1.0)

2.2 (1.0)

1.9 (1.1)

1.2 (1.1)

1.2 (1.0)

Not-improved

2.2 (1.1)

2.4 (0.9)

2.2 (1.1)

2.4 (1.0)

2.3 (1.1)

Diplopia grade (SD)

Improved

1.9 (0.9)

1.3 (0.8)

1.3 (0.7)

1.3 (1.0)

1.1 (1.0)

Not-improved

2.0 (0.9)

2.2 (0.9)

2.1 (0.9)

2.2 (0.8)

2.1 (1.0)

CAS (SD)

Improved

3.0 (1.9)

1.3 (1.6)

1.5 (1.5)

1.2 (1.2)

1.4 (1.7)

Not-improved

2.7 (1.6)

1.6 (1.4)

1.7 (1.2)

1.7 (1.5)

1.1 (1.4)

TSH, μIU/mL (SD)

Improved

2.7 (7.4)

2.7 (7.0)

1.8 (3.0)

0.6 (1.0)

3.3 (4.4)

Not-improved

2.5 (5.6)

5.7 (11.6)

4.3 (7.0)

0.6 (0.9)

3.6 (5.9)

T3, ng/dL (SD)

Improved

121.2 (40.6)

146.1 (70.3)

106.6 (22.8)

111.6 (28.5)

97.1 (19.4)

Not-improved

129.5 (39.6)

111.1 (27.7)

120.0 (32.6)

130.8 (38.2)

127.1 (30.2)

fT4, ng/dL (SD)

Improved

1.7 (1.6)

1.3 (0.3)

1.3 (0.3)

1.3 (0.3)

1.3 (0.6)

Not-improved

1.3 (0.6)

1.1 (0.2)

1.1 (0.2)

2.3 (1.9)

1.5 (0.7)

TSAb, % (SD)

Improved

229.3 (114.1)

NA

NA

NA

162.5 (116.6)

Not-improved

345.0 (178.6)

NA

NA

NA

266.4 (118.2)

TSHR-Ab, IU/L (SD)

Improved

24.3 (54.7)

14.6 (22.9)

6.5 (12.5)

9.6 (12.8)

3.2 (3.1)

Not-improved

24.7 (29.9)

15.3 (26.9)

4.7 (5.3)

2.1 (2.0)

7.0 (11.6)

  1. LOM limitation of muscle excursion, CAS clinical activity score, TSH thyroid stimulating hormone, T3 triiodothyronine, fT4 free thyroxine, TSAb thyroid-stimulating antibody, TSHR-Ab thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody.
  2. The difference between the two groups was significant (P < 0.05, Student’s t test or Mann Whitney U test).