Table 1.
Comparison of demographics, patient characteristics, and presenting symptoms stratified by presence of cardiac complications.
Variable of interest | All cases (n = 39) | Cardiac complications present (n = 19) | Cardiac complications absent (n = 20) | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value | |
Age in years (median and IQR) | 7.8 (3.612.7) | 8.8 (3.7–13.7) | 6.7 (4.1–10.9) | 0.25 |
Specific age bands | ||||
<1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0.59 |
1–<5 | 13 (33%) | 7 (37%) | 6 (30%) | |
5– <10 | 13 (33%) | 5 (26%) | 8 (40%) | |
10– <15 | 11 (28%) | 5 (26%) | 6 (30%) | |
15+ | 2 (5%) | 2 (11%) | 0 (0%) | |
Sex (% female) | 18 (46%) | 7 (37%) | 11 (55%) | 0.26 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
Non-Hispanic Black | 20 (51%) | 11 (58%) | 9 (45%) | 0.18 |
Non-Hispanic White | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
Hispanic | 17 (44%) | 6 (32%) | 11 (55%) | |
Other/unknown | 2 (5%) | 2 (11%) | 0 (0%) | |
Insurance | ||||
Private | 5 (13%) | 2 (11%) | 3 (15%) | 1 |
Public | 32 (82%) | 16 (84%) | 16 (80%) | |
Unknown or self-pay | 2 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | |
Any underlying condition | 13 (33%) | 8 (42%) | 5 (25%) | 0.32 |
Symptoms at presentation | ||||
Fever | 39 (100%) | 19 (100%) | 20 (100%) | |
Any respiratory (cough, SOB, rhinorrhea, congestion) | 16 (41%) | 9 (47%) | 7 (35%) | 0.52 |
Abdominal pain | 32 (82%) | 15 (80%) | 17 (85%) | 0.7 |
Rash | 17 (44%) | 9 (47%) | 8 (40%) | 0.75 |
Conjunctival injection | 24 (62%) | 15 (79%) | 9 (45%) | 0.05 |
Peripheral extremity changes or swelling or erythema | 8 (21%) | 4 (21%) | 4 (20%) | 1 |
Mucous membrane changes (strawberry tongue and lip erythema/cracking) | 25 (64%) | 15 (79%) | 10 (50%) | 0.1 |
Kawasaki disease | ||||
Meets Kawasaki disease diagnostic criteria (complete and incomplete) | 18 (46%) | 12 (63%) | 6 (30%) | 0.06 |
Meets complete Kawasaki disease criteria | 6 (33%) n = 18 | 3 (25%) n = 12 | 3 (50%) n = 6 | 0.34 |
IQR = interquartile range.
Statistically significant differences are marked by bold rows.