Table 3.

Factor-specific incidences of adverse reactions to low-dose IVIG*.

		Patient basis (n=360)			Infusion basis (n=1192)
		Adverse reaction			Adverse reaction
		No	Yes	p value	No	Yes	p value
Gender, n (%)
	Male	211 (99.1)	2 (0.9)		680 (99.6)	3 (0.4)
	Female	145 (98.7)	2 (1.3)	1.00	507 (99.6)	2 (0.4)	1.00
Age, n (%)
	< 15 years	69 (97.2)	2 (2.8)		181 (97.2)	3 (1.6)
	≥ 15 years	287 (99.3)	2 (0.7)	0.245	1006 (99.3)	2 (0.2)	0.025
IVIG doses (average, g/kg BW)		0.4†	1.4†	0.395	0.16	0.19	0.564
Indication, n (%)
	Hypogammaglobulinaemia	63 (98.4)	1 (1.6)		286 (99.4)	2 (0.6)
	Sepsis	293 (99.0)	3 (1.0)		901 (99.7)	3 (0.3)

*The low-dose IVIG is less than 0.7 g/kg body weight per course.

^†The values indicate the cumulative doses from multiple treatment of IVIG on one patient.

BW, body weight of patient.