Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 50 intensive care unit patients evaluated for non-thyroidal illness syndrome.

Characteristic
Age	47.3 ± 15.4
Gender
Male	29 (58.0)
Female	21 (42.0)
Days in hospital	45.8 ± 49.4
Death in hospital	9 (18.0)
Number of medications	11.7 ± 5.0
Comorbidities
Diabetes	11 (22.0)
Dialysis	1 (2.0)
Bone marrow transplant	20 (40.0)
Heart disease	10 (20.0)
Hematologic malignancy	25 (50.0)
Kidney disease	8 (16.0)
Mechanical ventilation	8 (16.0)
Solid malignancy	12 (24.0)
Transfusion	38 (76.0)
Laboratory values
Albumin, g/dL	3.2 ± 0.8
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L	54.2 ± 92.5
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L	110.5 ± 102.3
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L	43.2 ± 60.1
Bilirubin, total, mg/dL	1.6 ± 3.7
Bilirubin, direct, mg/dL	0.7 ± 1.9
Creatinine, mg/dL	1.2 ± 1.8
Hemoglobin, g/dL	9.5 ± 2.0
Thyroxine binding globulin, µg/mL	15.4 ± 4.6
reverse T3, ng/dL	42.4 ± 39.3

Categorical variables are shown as the number (percentage) and continuous variables as the mean ± standard deviation.