1. Thyroid Hormone Profile and Its Prognostic Impact on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Korean Patients
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Jiyeon Ahn, Seo Young Sohn, Min Kyung Lee, and Jae Hyuk Lee
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,endocrine system ,endocrine system diseases ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Thyrotropin ,Gastroenterology ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,Cohort Studies ,Endocrinology ,Thyroid-stimulating hormone ,Internal medicine ,triiodothyronine ,Republic of Korea ,euthyroid sick syndromes ,Humans ,Medicine ,Euthyroid ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Subclinical infection ,Aged, 80 and over ,Thyroid ,thyroid hormones ,Triiodothyronine ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,RC648-665 ,mortality ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,covid-19 ,Female ,Original Article ,Thyroid function ,business ,Biomarkers ,Euthyroid sick syndrome ,Hormone - Abstract
Background: Data on the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and thyroid have been reported, including overt thyrotoxicosis and suppression of thyroid function. We aimed to evaluate the thyroid hormone profile and its association with the prognosis of COVID-19 in Korean patients.Methods: The clinical data of 119 patients with COVID-19, admitted in the Myongji Hospital, Goyang, South Korea, were retrospectively evaluated. The thyroid hormone profiles were analyzed and compared based on disease severity (non-severe disease vs. severe to critical disease). Clinical outcomes were analyzed according to the tertiles of thyroid hormones.Results: Of the 119 patients, 76 (63.9%) were euthyroid, and none presented with overt thyroid dysfunction. Non-thyroidal illness syndrome was the most common manifestation (18.5%), followed by subclinical thyrotoxicosis (14.3%) among patients with thyroid dysfunction. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and triiodothyronine (T3) levels were significantly lower in patients with severe to critical disease than in those with non-severe disease (P1.00 ng/mL) T3 tertiles (P
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- 2021