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. 2021 Mar 22;3:100075. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100075

Table 2.

Demographic features of cases presenting with PIMS-TS, with illness onset after 1st March 2020.

Total with any PIMS PIMS-TS only PIMS-TS/KD PIMS-TS/TSS PIMS-TS/ KD/ TSS
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total 268 (100·0%) 216 (100·0%) 13 (100·0%) 28 (100·0%) 11 (100·0%)
Sex
Male 161 (60·1%) 124 (57·4%) 11 (84·6%) 21 (75·0%) 5 (45·5%)
Female 90 (33·6%) 79 (36·6%) 2 (15·4%) 5 (17·9%) 4 (36·4%)
Age group
<1 year 23 (8·6%) 19 (8·8%) 2 (15·4%) 2 (7·1%) 0 (0·0%)
1–4 years 65 (24·3%) 54 (25·0%) 4 (30·8%) 4 (14·3%) 3 (27·3%)
5–9 years 80 (29·9%) 61 (28·2%) 4 (30·8%) 10 (35·7%) 5 (45·5%)
10–15 years 100 (37·3%) 82 (38·0%) 3 (23·1%) 12 (42·9%) 3 (27·3%)
Median age (IQR) 8·21 years (4·03–12·09) 7·84 years (4·03–12·60) 5·19 years (1·85–9·75) 8·83 years (6·15–12·32) 7·09 years (4·32–10·07)
Weight 2 SDs above mean for age/sex 36 (13·4%) 32 (14·8%) 0 (0·0%) 1 (3·6%) 3 (27·3%)
Underlying medical conditions
Any 51 (19·0%) 43 (19·9%) 2 (15·4%) 2 (7·1%) 4 (36·4%)
Neurodevelopmental 12 (4·5%) 10 (4·6%) 2 (15·4%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%)
Gastrointestinal 7 (2·6%) 6 (2·8%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%) 1 (9·1%)
Haematological 7 (2·6%) 4 (1·9%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%) 3 (27·3%)
Asthma requiring regular medication 6 (2·2%) 6 (2·8%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%)
Ethnicity
White 114 (42·5%) 105 (48·6%) 2 (15·4%) 4 (14·3%) 3 (27·3%)
Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British 60 (22·4%) 42 (19·4%) 3 (23·1%) 10 (35·7%) 5 (45·5%)
Asian/ Asian British 63 (23·5%) 44 (20·4%) 6 (46·2%) 12 (42·9%) 1 (9·1%)
Mixed/ multiple ethnic groups 11 (4·1%) 9 (4·2%) 1 (7·7%) 0 (0·0%) 1 (9·1%)
Other ethnic groups 10 (3·7%) 8 (3·7%) 0 (0·0%) 1 (3·6%) 1 (9·1%)
Outcome
Admitted to PICU 118 (44·0%) 89 (41·2%) 4 (30·8%) 19 (67·9%) 6 (54·5%)
Required conventional ventilation/ High Frequency Oscillation 44 (16·4%) 28 (13·0%) 1 (7·7%) 10 (35·7%) 5 (45·5%)
Required peritoneal dialysis 1 (0·4%) 1 (0·5%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%) 0 (0·0%)
Required inotropes 80 (29·9%) 56 (25·9%) 3 (23·1%) 15 (53·6%) 6 (54·5%)
Died 3 (1·1%) 2 (0·9%) 0 (0·0%) 1 (3·6%) 0 (0·0%)
Median duration of hospital stay (IQR) 8 days
(5–11)
7 days
(5–10)
5 days
(4–6)
13 days
(10·5–17)
9 days
(5–12)
Median duration of PICU stay (IQR) 3 days
(2–7)
3 days
(2–6)
2·5 days
(1·5–3·5)
6 days
(2–8)
3·5 days
(2–5)

IQR Interquartile Range; n Number of cases; PICU Paediatric Intensive Care Unit; SD Standard Deviation.