Associated autoimmune diseases in 843 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG)
| Autoimmune disease | Number of cases among: | Total (% of all MG patients) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women MG patients | Men MG patients | ||||
| Thyroid disorder (TD) | 47 | 13 | 60 (7.11) | ||
| Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 17 | 9 | 26 (3.08) | ||
| Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) | 10 | 2 | 12 (1.42) | ||
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 1 | — | 1 (0.11) | ||
| Crohn's disease | 2 | — | 2 (0.22) | ||
| Ulcerative colitis | — | 3 | 3 (0.33) | ||
| SLE+RA+TD4-150 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| SLE+TD4-150 | 3 | — | 3 | ||
| RA+TD4-150 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| RA+SLE4-150 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Total | 71 (14.97%) | 27 (7.31%) | 98 (11.62) | ||
↵4-150 Patients with two or three associated autoimmune disorders are included several times—that is, in each single disorder and in the disorder groups.