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. 2021 Oct 18;10(11):1455–1462. doi: 10.1530/EC-21-0362

Table 3.

Correlation of TFT parameters with the markers of inflammation and hospital stay.

Parameter FT3 FT4 TSH
CC P  value CC P  value CC P  value
LDH −0.315 <0.001 0.310 <0.001 −0.163 0.015
IL-6 0.103 0.15 0.021 0.766 0.028 0.698
Ferritin 0.022 0.743 0.046 0.489 0.008 0.907
CRP 0.095 0.154 0.021 0.752 0.011 0.872
D-dimer 0.036 0.586 0.083 0.21 −0.026 0.693
Outcome OSCI −0.421 <0.001 0.21 0.001 −0.12 0.066
Hospital stay −0.351 <0.001 0.063 0.336 −0.138 0.035

CRP, C-reactive protein; FT3, free T3; FT4, free T4; IL-6, interleukin-6; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; OSCI, ordinal scale for clinical improvement; TFT, thyroid function tests.