Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients in each included study. Data are expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD) or frequency and percentage

Study ID	Groups	Number of patients	Age(month) mean ± SD	Males (%)	Mean Baseline temperature	Weight (kg)	Race
							White	Black	Asian	American Indian or Alaska Native
Anthony Wong et al., 2001 [22]	Oral dipyron 15 mg/kg	209	28 ± 18	128 (61.2%)	39.3 ± 0.6	13 ± 4	209 (100%)	0	0	0
	Oral ibuprofen 10 mg/kg	209	29 ± 19	118 (56.4%)	39.2 ± 0.6	13± 4	209(100%)	0	0	0
Judith Prado et al., 2006	Oral dipyron 15 mg/kg	24	16.3 ± 13.7	11 (45.8%)	38.8± 0.4	10.1± 2.4	24 (100%)	0	0	0
	Oral ibuprofen 10 mg/kh	25	17.9± 12	12 (48%)	39 ± 0.5	10.8±2.9	25 (100%)	0	0	0
Ana Maria Magni et al., 2011 [24]	Oral dipyron 15 mg/kg	39	27 ± 20	21 (53.8%)	39.6 ± 0.4	-	39 (100%)	0	0	0
	Oral Ibuprofen 10 mg/kg	41	27 ± 20	23 (56.1%)	39.5 ± 0.3	-	41 (100%)	0	0	0