Clinical Parameters Graves'disease n=149 Hashimoto's thyroiditis n=110 Controls n=65 Age (years) 49 ± 13 50 ± 14 48 ± 13 Gender (male/women) 28/121 6/104 4/61 Duration of Thyroid disease (months) 71 ± 81 44 ± 57 38 ± 45

Table 1: Clinical parameters (age, gender, duration of thyroid diseases) in the studied patient groups.