The Association of Thyroid Hormone Changes with Inflammatory Status and Prognosis in COVID-19

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of patients.

Parameter	n	%
Sex
Female	92	44.88
Male	113	55,12
Symptoms
Weakness	144	70.24
Cough	123	60
Shortness of breath	104	50.7
Myalgia	80	39
Fever	76	37
Comorbidities
Hypertension	87	42.6
Type 2 DM	54	26.3
Coronary artery disease	31	15.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	25	12.3
Malignancy	12	5.85
Cerebrovascular disease	7	3.43
Mortality	9	4.39
Intensive care unit admission	31	15.12
CT findings	178	88.56
Oxygen demand	132	64.3
Nasal prongs (n, %)	56	27.3
NIMV or reservoir mask (n)	46	22.4
IMV (n)	30	14.6
Thyroid function status
Euthyroid sick syndrome	108	52.6
Mild	57	27.8
Moderate	51	24.8
Euthyroid	70	34.1
Subclinical hyperthyroidism	9	4.3
Hyperthyroidism	8	3.9
Subclinical hypothyroidism	4	1.95
Central hypothyroidism	3	1.46

NIMV: noninvasive mechanical ventilation; IMV: invasive mechanical ventilation; DM: diabetes mellitus.