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. 2021 Dec 28;128:33–44. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2021.12.010

TABLE 6.

Multivariable Logistic Regression for the Association of Patient Characteristics With Occurrence of Any Neurological Manifestation (MIS-C Subcohort)

Variable Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval P Value
Age 1.16 1.06, 1.27 0.001
Female sex 1.46 0.66, 3.27 0.353
Race
 Asian 1.70 0.23, 15.83 0.612
 Black 0.88 0.33, 2.27 0.791
 White Reference - -
 Other 0.31 0.16, 1.76 0.305
Hispanic ethnicity 0.45 0.14, 1.38 0.164
Pre-existing condition
 Neurological 3.84 0.76, 23.91 0.121
 Cardiovascular 1.80 0.33, 13.31 0.525
 Respiratory 4.98 1.21, 27.88 0.040
 Gastrointestinal 0.03 0.001, 0.27 0.005
 Metabolic 1.41 0.33, 14.78 0.678
 Other, nonneurological 0.63 0.20, 2.13 0.436
Constitutional symptoms
 Fever 0.37 0.02, 3.31 0.416
 Cough 0.98 0.43, 2.25 0.954
 Anorexia 0.71 0.32, 1.55 0.391
 Diarrhea 0.86 0.38, 1.93 0.717
 Throat pain 2.19 0.86, 5.97 0.110
 Abdominal pain 5.36 2.39, 12.63 <0.001
Obesity 1.45 0.34, 7.94 0.641

Abbreviations:

MIS-C = Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

SARS-CoV-2 = Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native American or Pacific Islander collapsed into other race due to small sample size.

Pre-existing Renal, Congenital or Genetic, Defect Malignancy, Premature or Neonatal, Technology dependence, and Transplantation conditions were grouped into the Other, nonneurological group due to small sample size.