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. 2023 Nov 23;21:141. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00924-6

Table 3.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of anakinra vs. no anakinra groups before and after propensity score matching

Before propensity score matching After propensity score matching
Demographics Anakinra
(N = 57)
No Anakinra (N = 52) p value Anakinra
(N = 31)
No Anakinra (N = 31) p value
Age (years), median (IQR) 9.9 (8.1–13.9) 9.4 (7.2–11.7) 0.13 8.8 (5.8–12.9) 9.5 (7.8–11.4) 0.89
Female, n (%) 25 (44) 24 (46) 0.8 14 (45) 15 (48) 0.8
Race/Ethnicity, n (%) 0.67 0.26
Asian 1 (2) 2 (4) 0 (0) 1 (3)
White non-Hispanic 8 (14) 12 (23) 7 (23) 10 (32)
Hispanic 23 (40) 20 (38) 16 (52) 9 (29)
Black non-Hispanic 22 (39) 15 (29) 8 (26) 10 (32)
Comorbidities, n (%) 28 (49) 19 (37) 0.18 15 (48) 11 (35) 0.3
Asthma 9 (16) 8 (15) 1 3 (10) 5 (16) 0.71
Obesity 9 (16) 5 (10) 0.39 3 (10) 3 (10) 1
Clinical Characteristics (at presentation)
Temperature ( o C)
Temperature, median (IQR) 38.9 (38.2–39.6) 39.1 (38.3–39.5) 0.2 39.0 (38.3–39.7) 38.9 (38.2–39.5) 0.98
Presence of fever, n (%) 56 (98) 50 (96) 0.73 25 (80) 26 (84) 0.73
Laboratory markers, median (IQR)
CRP (mg/dL) 18.6 (14-22.5) 14.2 (9.6–21.4) 0.07 16.4 (12.8–21.7) 19.0 (12.7–24.1) 0.43
High sensitivity troponin (pg/mL) 129.5 (14.7–273) 27.4 (2.5–97.1) 0.002 14.7 (3.1–60.9) 27.4 (2.5–99.0) 0.98
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.6 (0.4-1.0) 0.5 (0.4–0.8) 0.35 0.57 (0.42–0.74) 0.60 (0.47–0.91) 0.66
ALT (units/L) 43 (19–65) 29 (18–65) 0.43 45 (20–73) 30 (20–75) 0.74
D-dimer (mcg/mL FEU) 3.4 (2.3–6.1) 2.7 (1.5–4.2) 0.06 3.2 (2.4–5.6) 2.7 (2.0-4.9) 0.32
Ferritin (ng/ml) 482 (280–1166) 333 (191–978) 0.05 525 (354–1193) 584 (239–1026) 0.69
Severe classification, n (%) 49 (86) 26 (50) 0.00005 24 (77) 24 (77) 1
Immunomodulatory treatment, median (IQR)
Time to IVIG (hours) 12.1 (8.9–22.5) 18.4 (10.9–30.6) 0.03 14.1 (9.9–32.4) 17.6 (9.7–23.2) 0.94
Time to steroids (hours) 11.5 (6.5–20.5) 18.5 (8.1–32.7) 0.03 12.9 (7.7–25.3) 15.8 (7.8–28.7) 0.69
Time to anakinra (hours) 23.8 (14.6–37.9) NA NA 26.1 (14.6–56.8) NA NA

Anakinra duration (days)

Time from last anakinra

5.5 (3.3–5.8) NA NA 4.9 (3.8–7.2) NA NA
dose to discharge (hours) 47.4 (28.0–59.0) NA NA 47.4 (25.9–58.7) NA NA