Table 2. Basal characteristics of 85 Kawasaki disease patients for hepcidin assay.

Characteristics	pre-IVIG		post-IVIG < 3 days	p-value
	N = 85
Mean (SEM), age (m)	21.6 ± 1.8
Gender (male: female)	53:32
CAL formation	25 (29%)
IVIG resistance		7 (8%)
WBC (1000/uL)	13.8 ± 0.5		10.6 ± 0.5	< 0.0001
CRP (mg/L)	87.2 ± 6.6		46.6 ± 6	< 0.0001
Albumin (g/dL)	3.1 ± 0.06		2.8 ± 0.01	0.007
GOT (U/L)	62.1 ± 7.3		43.4 ± 9.4	0.103
GPT (U/L)	77.1 ± 9.2		42.3 ± 9.4	0.007

CAL: coronary artery lesions; IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; CRP: C-reactive protein; GOT: Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase; GPT: Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase.