Table 1.
Characteristic | Healthy controls (n = 52) | Febrile controls (n =52) | Patients with KD (n = 102) | p-value |
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Male gender, n(%) | 28 (53.8%) | 30 (57.7%) | 69 (67.6%) | 0.198 |
Age (y) | 4.62 ± 0.59 | 3.07 ± 0.25 | 1.80 ± 0.16 | <0.001 |
Age range (y) | 0-16 | 0-11 | 0-9 | |
WBC (1000/uL) | 8.77 ± 0.39 | 9.51 ± 0.62 | 13.87 ± 0.53 | <0.001 |
RBC (million/Ul) | 4.85 ± 0.06 | 4.65 ± 0.07 | 4.29 ± 0.04 | <0.001 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.53 ± 0.13 | 12.17 ± 0.15 | 11.12 ± 0.09 | <0.001 |
CRP (mg/L) | 27.67 ± 4.32 | 89.97 ± 6.89 | <0.001 | |
CAL formation | 35 (34.3%) | |||
IVIG resistance | 10 (9.8%) |
CAL, coronary artery lesion; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; KD, Kawasaki disease.
data expressed as mean ± SEM.