PAEP and hyperthyroidism: Patients withnormal uptake had less severe biochemical hyperthyroidism at diagnosis: median FT4levels 2.6 ng/dL versus 3.2 ng/dL (p < 0.001), and median T3levels 2.7 ng/dL compared to 3.5 ng/dL in those with increased uptake (p = 0.001).Out of those patients for whom a third-generation TRAb assay report was available (n= 83), TRAb levels were significantly lower in patients with normal 99m-Tc uptake GD(n = 20), with a median of 4.8 U/L compared to 7.5 U/L in the increased uptakesubgroup (n = 63) (p < 0.05) (Table1).