Patients with GD showed a higher percentage of CD4+IL-4, CD8+IL-4 and TFC-IL-4+ cells, compared to patients with HT (p < 0.05, p < 0.033, p < 0.05, respectively) and NTMG (controls) (p < 0.025, p < 0.01, p < 0.01, respectively) (Figure 4). This evidence concerns the gene CD8A and hematocrit.