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. 2023 Feb 22:1–8. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02518-0

Table 4.

Comparison of the survivor and non-survivor groups.

Survivor (n = 306) Non-survivor (n = 16) ap
Median (Q1, Q3) Median (Q1, Q3)
Age 110.2 ± 43.4 127.4 ± 61.1 0.145
PRISM score 9 (4–15) 24 (17–33) <0.001*
PELOD 10 (5–12) 30 (15–40) <0.001*
Organ system involvement 4 (3–5) 6 (4.5–6) <0.001*
VIS 15 (10–25) 105 (55–144) <0.001*
Leukocyte (on admittance) 10.92 (6.86–15.51) 16.06 (9.49–27.05) 0.019*
Lymphocyte (on admittance) 2.83 (0.9–4.42) 0.9 (0.6–1.44) 0.001*
D-dimer (Ug/mL) (on admittance) 3.24 (1.38–4.53) 9 (1.54–16) 0.024*
Lactate (on admittance) 2 (1.4–2.96) 4.5 (2.5–13) <0.001*
Lactate (peak) 2.8 (2–4.1) 12.7 (5.2–20) <0.001*
Ferritin (on admittance) 503 (278.45–900.5) 2216 (1084–18,090) <0.001*
Ferritin (peak) 659 (400–1211) 10,956 (2834–21,320) <0.001*
Troponin (on admittance) 0.07 (0.02–0.27) 0.24 (0.04–0.47) 0.173
CK-MB (on admittance) 3.25 (1.12–12.93) 5.52 (0.96–21.51) 0.639
NT-proBNP (on admittance) 3077 (634–12,405) 2676 (256–14,000) 0.739
CRP (on admittance) 14.1 (2.18–20.4) 23.76 (12.3–105.39) 0.008*
CRP (peak) 20.25 (15.15–35.1) 28.4 (16.68–160.6) 0.196
PCT (on admittance) 4.85 (1.31–22.36) 0.74 (0.43–58.3) 0.247
PCT (peak) 8.22 (2.41–31.8) 3.77 (1.7–58.3) 0.796
IL-6 (on admittance) 70 (19–355) 285 (35.85–652.5) 0.220
Sedimentation (on admittance) 45 (23–76) 60 (26.5–65) 0.964
Fibrinogen (on admittance) 461 (273–630) 309.5 (94–391) 0.028*
n (%) n (%) p
Cardiac disease 259 (84.6) 15 (93.7) b0.483
Renal disease 59 (19.3) 11 (68.7) b<0.001*
Respiratory disease 151 (49.3) 12 (75) c0.045*
Hematological disease 251 (82) 16 (100) b0.084
Neurological disease 79 (25.8) 9 (56.2) b0.017*
Severe cardiac impairment EF < 30% 27 (8.2) 9 (56.2) b0.005*
Mechanical ventilation 42 (13.7) 13 (81.2) b<0.001*

PRISM pediatric risk of mortality, PELOD pediatric logistic organ dysfunction, VIS vasoactive inotropic score, CK-MB creatine kinase isoenzyme, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, IL-6 interleukin 6, EF ejection fraction.

*p < 0.05.

aMann–Whitney U-test.

bFisher’s exact test.

cPearson chi-square test.