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. 2021 Dec 7;11:23562. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02669-2

Table 5.

Therapy and outcome of MIS-C cohort respective of age.

All (274) 0–5 y.o. (64) 5–12 y.o. (140) 12–18 y.o. (70) P P|Sex
Admission since onset (days) 5.0 (4.0–6.0) 5.0 (4.0–5.0) 5.0 (4.0–6.0) 5.0 (4.0–6.5) 0.5 0.6
Intensive care 23 (8%) 1 (2%) 13 (9%) 9 (13%) 0.05 0.07
Mechanical ventilation 10 (4%) 7 (5%) 3 (5%) 0.2 0.2
Oxygen supplementation 61 (23%) 5 (8%) 41 (31%) 15 (23%) < 0.01 < 0.01
No immunomodulatory agent 8 (3%) 3 (5%) 3 (2%) 2 (3%) 0.6 0.4
IVIG 238 (93%) 55 (90%) 122 (95%) 61 (91%) 0.3 0.3
GCS 143 (67%) 27 (56%) 74 (69%) 42 (71%) 0.2 0.2
IVIG and GCS 133 (62%) 24 (50%) 69 (65%) 40 (67%) 0.1 0.2
Any other immunomodulator
Tocilizumab 1 (0%) 1 (2%) 0.2 0.1
Cyclosporin A 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 0.4 0.3
ASA 226 (85%) 51 (81%) 119 (88%) 56 (84%) 0.4 0.4
Heparin 91 (38%) 14 (25%) 45 (38%) 32 (49%) 0.02 0.02
Warfarin 1 (0%) 1 (2%) 0.2 0.1
Complete recovery at discharge 218 (93%) 55 (95%) 115 (94%) 48 (87%) 0.2 0.2

Binary data given as count (per-cent), and numerical data as median (interquartile range).

ASA acetylsalicylic acid, GCS glucocorticoids, IVIG intravenous immunoglobulin, y.o. years old, P|Sex sex-adjusted p-value.

*All signs and symptoms resolved at discharge.