Table 3.

Patient characteristics considered when deciding to prescribe thyroid hormone replacement

Patient characteristics (%)	All respondents n = 194	Faculty members n = 95	Trainees n = 99	p-value
Age	55.7	60.0	51.5	0.296
Comorbidities	63.9	68.4	59.6	0.258
Current clinical state (e.g., critical illness)	69.6	60.0	78.8	0.007
Degree of elevation of TSH	79.9	88.4	71.7	0.006
Patient preference	45.9	60.0	32.3	<0.001
Prior abnormal TSH	39.7	43.2	36.4	0.412
Presence of symptoms	85.1	84.2	85.9	0.904
Sex	4.6	2.1	7.1	0.193