Table 2

Severity of Graves' ophthalmopathy in different studies

Uretsky13Young14Gruters15Present study
Age of onset (range in years)1–175–20Not mentioned2–16
Number of cases23334383
Abridged classification
    Class 011 (47.8%)17 (51.5%)24 (55.8%)31 (37.3%)
    Class 1 8 (34.8%)12 (36.4%)16 (37.2%)24 (28.9%)
    Class 1 8 (34.8%)12 (36.4%)16 (37.2%)19 (22.9%)
    Class 2 3 (13.0%) 3 (9.1%) 012 (14.5%)
    Class 3 1 (4.3%) 1 (3.0%) 3 (7.0%) 4 (4.8%)
    Class 3 1 (4.3%) 1 (3.0%) 3 (7.0%) 7 (8.4%)
    Class 4 0 0 0 1 (1.2%)
    Class 5 0 0 011 (13.3%)
    Class 6 0 0 0 0