Table 2. Characteristics of patients having adverse events.
*Bands were defined as percentage of total WBC count.
Abbreviations: AAE, any adverse event; CT, computerized tomography scan; mL, milliliters; MAE, moderate adverse event; PE, physical examination; SAE, severe adverse event; SD, standard deviation; WBC, white blood cell; XR, X-ray radiograph
| Variables | No Adverse Events (N=63) | SAE (N=21) | MAE (N=18) | AAE (N=39) | P |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 5 (5) | 7 (5) | 4 (4) | 6 (5) | 0.14 |
| Gender, N (%) | 0.35 | ||||
| Female | 31 (49) | 14 (66) | 7 (39) | 21 (54) | |
| Male | 32 (50) | 7 (33) | 11 (61) | 18 (46) | |
| Non-normal PE findings, N (%) | 29 (46) | 13 (62) | 5 (28) | 18 (4) | 0.21 |
| Fever, N (%) | 24 (48) | 5 (24) | 9 (50) | 14 (36) | 0.40 |
| WBC (103 cell/mL), mean (SD) | 11 (5) | 13 (8) | 14 (6) | 14 (7) | 0.07 |
| Bands*, mean (SD) | 28 (10) | 31 (9) | 27 (8) | 29 (9) | 0.64 |
| Non-normal XR finding, N (%) | 1 (2) | 3 (14) | 8 (44) | 11 (28) | <0.001 |
| Non-normal CT finding, N (%) | 1 (2) | 6 (28) | 1 (5) | 7 (18) | 0.002 |