The association of cigarette smoking with clinical subtypes of ophthalmic Graves' disease

We retrospectively reviewed the smoking habits of 124 patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. We divided these patients into those without restrictive myopathy (type I) and those with restrictive myopathy (type II). Sixty-three percent of type I and 83% of type II patients were smokers at the tim...

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Published inOphthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 77
Main Authors Nunery, W R, Martin, R T, Heinz, G W, Gavin, T J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1993
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Female
Graves Disease - epidemiology
Graves Disease - etiology
Graves Disease - pathology
Humans
Incidence
Indiana - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Random Allocation
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - epidemiology
Indiana
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Summary:We retrospectively reviewed the smoking habits of 124 patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. We divided these patients into those without restrictive myopathy (type I) and those with restrictive myopathy (type II). Sixty-three percent of type I and 83% of type II patients were smokers at the time of diagnosis. The incidence of smoking in an age- and gender-matched randomly selected control population in the same geographic area was 30% for controls matched to our type I group and 26.6% for controls matched to our type II group. We believe smoking is an important factor in the development of both clinical subtypes of Graves' ophthalmopathy.
ISSN:0740-9303
DOI:10.1097/00002341-199306000-00001