Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 62. No. 4, 2023.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2023.62.04.6
Thyroid Function in Patients with COVID-19: a Retrospective Study
Mine Öztürk
orcid.org/0000-0002-2816-1688
; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, KTO Karatay University Medicine Faculty Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
The aim of this study was to assess whether COVID-19 affects thyroid function.
The effect of COVID-19, which has involved the whole world in the last two years, on thyroid function
is currently unknown. With the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, 69,000 patients who presented to
our hospital in the last 18 months and had the COVID-19 test were screened. Thyroid function tests of
500 patients with positive COVID-19 test and 1133 patients with negative COVID-19 test were compared.
Hormone levels were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The levels recorded in COVID-19
positive patients (thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 2.54±14.54 μIU/mL, free triiodothyronine (fT3)
0.84±1.49 pg/mL, free thyroxine (fT4) 0.99±0.42 ng/dL, antithyroid peroxidase antibody (anti TPO)
140.04±276.55 IU/mL, and antithyroglobulin antibody (anti TG) 16.31±22.99 IU/mL) were compared
with those measured in COVID-19 negative patients (TSH 1.90±8.22 μIU/mL, fT3 0.78±1.60 pg/mL,
fT4 0.99±0.42 ng/dL, anti TPO 122.55±263.39 IU/mL, and anti TG 56.25±185.64 IU/mL). There was
no significant difference between COVID-19 positive patients and COVID-19 negative cases in terms
of thyroid function (TSH, p=0.66; fT3, p=0.24; fT4, p=0.93; anti TPO, p=0.52; and anti TG, p=0.39).
For now, it may be some consolation for us that the coronavirus disease, which affects almost all body
systems, does not seem to affect thyroid function.
Ključne riječi
COVID-19; Thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin); Free triiodothyronine; Free thyroxine; Antithyroid peroxidase; Antithyroglobulin
Hrčak ID:
320272
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.12.2023.
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