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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):e49–e55. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002998

Table 3.

Comparison of median (IQR) admitting inflammatory markers by clinical diagnosis

	Appendicitis (n=10)	MIS-C (n=10)	Pneumonia (n=16)	P value
WBC (10³ cells/mm³)	12.75 (10.075, 16.5)^b	12.6 (8.9, 20.45)^c	5.15 (3.475, 11.125)^b,c	0.002^a
ALC (10³ cells/mm³)	1.15 (0.785, 2.17)	1.04 (0.54, 1.652)	1.07(0.86, 1.6)	NS^a
ANC (10³ cells/mm³)	11.19 (7.415, 15.16)^b	10.78 (4.99, 18.65)^c	3.5(2.15, 6.3)^b,c	0.002^a
ESR (mm/hr)	27 (18.5, 70)	43 (31.25, 78.75)	56(20, 84.75)	NS^a
CRP (mg/dL)	9.62 (4.278, 20.255)	27.395 (10.668, 30.502)^b	6.17 (2.63, 8.565)^b	0.001^a
AST (U/L)	20 (14.25, 25)^b,c	57.5 (35.5, 68.75)^b	49.5 (27.75, 86)^c	0.004^a
ALT (U/L)	15 (9, 19)^b	45 (20.25, 71)^b	34 (12.75, 63.25)	0.016^a
LDH (U/L)	184 (135, 210.5)^b,c	297 (259.75, 457.25)^b	288.5 (201.75, 605.5)^c	0.020^a
D-dimer (ng FEU/mL)	930 (318.75, 10162.75)	2372 (1447, 4175)	1082.5 (641.75, 1589)	NS^a
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	571.5 (390.5, 733)	690.5 (581, 848)	714 (489, 795)	NS^a
Ferritin (ng/mL)	107 (78, 181)^b	664.5 (327.5, 1293.25)^b	378.5 (160, 1133.75)	0.015^a

Kruskal-Wallis One Way Analysis of Variance on Ranks for comparison of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, MIS-C, and appendicitis patients;

^b-d

P<0.05 by Dunn’s All Pairwise Multiple Comparison Procedures method; NS, not significant