Thyroid Hormone Levels Help to Predict Outcome of Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Early Neurological Rehabilitation

Table 4

Univariate (unadjusted) and multivariate (adjusted) logistic regression for predictive factors of favorable outcome ().

Independent variable	Unadjusted			Adjusted
	OR	CI 95%		OR	CI 95%
Age	0.96	0.95-0.98	<.001	0.96	0.94-0.98	<.001
Male	0.82	0.52-1.31	.410
Time since injury	0.98	0.96-0.99	.043
Admission to ICU	0.71	0.46-1.11	.132
Etiology
Vascular	0.96	0.63-1.49	.867
Traumatic	0.72	0.46-1.13	.157
Anoxic	3.26	1.24-8.56	.017
BI	1.13	1.06-1.17	<.001
EFA	1.10	1.08-1.13	<.001	1.07	1.03-1.11	<.001
CRS-R	1.15	1.11-1.18	<.001
Complications	0.63	0.53-0.76	<.001
Hypophysis dysfunction	0.54	0.18-1.64	.276
fT3	1.59	1.09-2.32	.016
fT4	1.28	0.57-2.86	.554
TSH	1.09	1.02-1.17	.013	1.11	1.02-1.22	.021

^aMann-Whitney test (low vs normal fT3); ^bChi2 test. BI = Barthel Index, CRS-R = Coma Recovery Scale-Revised, EFA = Early Functional Abilities, fT3 = free triiodothyronine, fT4 = free thyroxine, GOS = Glasgow Outcome Scale, TSH = thyroid-stimulating hormone.