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Table 1 Main demographic and clinical features of the study group

From: May positron emission tomography reveal ectopic or active thymus in preoperative evaluation of non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis?

Variables

p-value (n = 68)

 

Age, years (median IQR)

39 (25–59)

 

Gender

  

Male, n. pts (%)

31 (45)

0. 6

Female, n. pts (%)

37 (55)

Anti AchR Ab, nmol/L (median IQR)

3.1 (2.0-4.0)

 

Score MG (median IQR)

23 (14–29)

 

Symptom duration

  

&<12 months, n. pts (%)

20 (29)

0.69

&12 months, n. pts (%)

48 (71)

Oropharyngeal symptoms

  

&Yes, n. pts (%)

36 (53)

0.91

&No, n. pts (%)

32 (47)

MGFA classification

  

&Class I, n. pts (%)

6 (9)

0.06

&Class II, n. pts (%)

40 (59)

&Class III, n. pts (%)

22 (32)

Histology

  

&Hyperplasia, n. pts (%)

27 (40)

0.89

&Atrophia, n. pts (%)

23 (34)

&Normal, n. pts (%)

18 (26)

Thymic germinal centers, n. pts (%)

33 (48)

 

&Ectopic tissue, n. pts (%)

37 (54)

 

&Ectopic germinal centers, n. pts (%)

23 (34)

 
  1. Values are represented as number of patients (percentage) or median and interquartile range (IQR).