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. 2021 Oct 29;17(12):731–748. doi: 10.1038/s41584-021-00709-9

Table 2.

Demographic features of MIS-C study populations

Study Cohort location N Median age, years (range or IQR) Male:female (%) Race or ethnicity Ref.
Dufort et al. USA 99

No median

Distribution: 0–5, 31%; 6–12, 42%; 13–20, 26%

54:46 Black, 40%; white, 37%; Hispanic, 36%; other, 18%; Asian, 5% 14
Cheung et al. USA 17 8 (1.8–16) 47:53 Ashkenazi Jewish, 35%; Black, 24%; Hispanic, 24%; white non-Hispanic, 12%; Asian, 6% 15
Belhadjer et al. France, Switzerland 35 10 (2–16) 51:49 Not reported 122
Kaushik et al. USA 33 10 (IQR 6–13) 61:39 Hispanic, 45%; Black, 38%; white, 9%; Asian, 3%; other, 3% 125
Davies et al. UK 78 11 (IQR 8–14) 67:33 Afro-Caribbean, 47%; Asian, 28%; white, 22%; other, 3% 126
Pouletty et al. France 16 10 (IQR 4.7–12.5) 50:50 Not reported 127
Toubiana et al. France 21 7.9 (3.7–16.6) 43:57 Sub-Saharan African/Caribbean parentage, 57%; European parentage, 29%; Asian parentage, 10%; Middle Eastern parentage, 5% 128
Capone et al. USA 33 8.6 (IQR 4.4–12.6) 61:39

Other, 45%; Black, 24%; Asian, 9%; white, 9%; unknown, 12%

(Hispanic, 27%; non-Hispanic, 73%)

129
Hameed et al. UK 35 11 (IQR 6–14) 77:23 Not reported 130
Whittaker et al. UK 58 9 (IQR 5.7–14) 56:44 Black, 38%; Asian, 31%; white, 21%; other, 10% 131
Moraleda et al. Spain 31 7.6 (IQR 4.5–11.5) 58:42 Not reported 132
Dhanalakshmi et al. India 19 6 (1.1–16.9) 42:58 Not reported 133
Miller et al. USA 44 7.3 (0.7–20) 45:55 Hispanic, 34%; not reported, 25%; white, 20.5%; Black, 20.5% 134
Belot et al. France 108 8 (IQR 5–11) 49:51 Not reported 135
Lee et al. USA 28 9 (0.1–17) 57:43 Hispanic, 43%; white, 36%; Black, 18%; not reported, 3% 136
Riollano-Cruz et al. USA 15

No median

Mean 12 (3–20)

73:27 Hispanic, 66%; non-Hispanic African American, 13%; non-Hispanic white, 13%; other, 8% 137
Ramcharan et al. UK 15 8.8 (IQR 6.4–11.2) 73:27 African or Afro-Caribbean, 40%; South Asian, 40%; mixed, 13%; other, 7% 138
Grimaud et al. France 20 10 (2–16) 50:50 Not reported 139
Perez-Toledo et al. UK 8 9 (7–14) 63:37 Not reported 140
Jonat et al. USA 54 7 (0.7–20) 46:54 White, 35%; unknown, 31%; other, 19%; African American, 15% 205
Feldstein et al. USA 186 8.3 (IQR 3.3–12.5) 65:35 Hispanic, 31%; Black, 25%; unknown, 22%; white, 19%; other, 5% 13
Toubiana et al. France 23 8.2 52:48 Not reported 236
García-Salido et al. Spain 61 9.4 (IQR 5.5–11.8) 66:34 Not reported 145
Shobhavat et al. India 21 7 (IQR 1.9–12.1) 47:53 Not reported 261
Niño-Taravilla et al. Chile 26 6.5 (IQR 2–10.5) 58:42 Chilean, 73%; Venezuelan, 12%; Peruvian, 8%; Colombian, 4%; Haitian, 4% 262
Tolunay et al. Turkey 52 9 (IQR 5–13) 38:62 Turkish, 86%; Syrian, 14% 263

IQR, interquartile range; MIS-C, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.