Table 1.

Cohort characteristics.

	KD (n = 95)	FC (n = 53)	NC (n = 62)	p-value
Age (y)	2.37 ± 1.54	2.64 ± 1.97	2.27 ± 2.03	0.307
Sex (male/female)	43/52	25/28	33/39	0.205
Fever time (day)	6.32 ± 1.81***&&	2.28 ± 2.55**	0.00 ± 0.00	<0.001
WBC (103/μL)	16.43 ± 5.66***&&	10.65 ± 4.49*	8.54 ± 2.73	<0.001
RBC (106/mm3)	3.96 ± 0.47**&&	4.37 ± 0.46*	4.88 ± 0.61	<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.97 ± 1.21*&	11.15 ± 1.31*	11.71 ± 1.08	<0.001
Platelet (103/μL)	410.64 ± 149.38***&&	354.61 ± 112.63**	316.45 ± 107.82	<0.001
PCT (ng/L)	1.23 ± 0.94***&&&	0.67 ± 0.26**	0.43 ± 0.24	<0.001
CRP (mg/dL)	58.31 ± 38.95***&&&	25.36 ± 16.84**	9.12 ± 6.97	<0.001
ESR (mm/h)	68.85 ± 35.07***&&&	35.88 ± 22.45***	12.25 ± 5.37	<0.001
IL-6 (pg/ml)	211.21 ± 30.23***&&&	105.32 ± 20.18***	22.19 ± 7.34	<0.001
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	204.47 ± 69.32***&&	145.37 ± 48.12**	104.26 ± 39.47	<0.001

KD, Kawasaki disease; FC, febrile controls; NC, healthy controls; WBC, white blood cell counts; RBC, red blood cell counts; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; PCT, procalcitonin; IL-6, interleukin 6; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.

^* p-value of <0.05,

^** p-value of <0.01,

^***p-value of <0.001 vs. NC.

^& p-value of <0.05,

^&& p-value of <0.01,

^&&&p-value of <0.001 vs. FC.