Table 3. Laboratory data after IVIG treatment in the Kawasaki disease patients.

	Group 1 (N = 305)	Group 2 (N = 546)	P value
Total leukocytes (/mm3)	9803 ± 345.9	9734 ± 393.1	0.89
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.42 ± 0.08	10.70 ± 0.07	0.006**
Platelets (104/mm3)	45.9 ± 1.9	43.8 ± 1.5	0.30
CRP (mg/L)	54.7 ± 4.4	35.9 ± 2.8	<0.001**
Decrease in CRP	42.0 ± 5.0	58.7 ± 4.2	0.012*

IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; CRP: C reactive peptide;

* p<0.05;

**p<0.005