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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of severe pulmonary tuberculosis patients with a low serum FT3 level

From: Correlation between a low serum free triiodothyronine level and mortality of severe pulmonary tuberculosis patients

 

FT3 level

 

Normal

(N = 112, 22.6%)

Low

(N = 383, 77.4%)

P

Sex, N (%)

  

0.683

Male

92 (82.1%)

308 (80.4%)

 

Female

20 (17.9%)

75 (19.6%)

 

Age, years, M ± SD

61.1 ± 21.0

64.0 ± 20.1

0.186

APACHE II, M ± SD

16.0 ± 7.6

22.2 ± 7.9

< 0.001*

  1. FT3 free triiodothyronine: APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II: TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone: M ± SD mean ± standard deviation
  2. *, P < 0.05
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