Predictors of delayed treatment of Kawasaki disease in community and tertiary care hospitals

Table 1 Clinical features associated with a greater number of days of fever at time of IVIg treatment and delay between admission and treatment with IVIg.

	Greater number of days of fever at IVIg		Greater delay between admission and IVIg
Parameter	Estimate*	P value	Estimate*	P value
Older age	0.01	<0.001	0.002	0.04
Lower number KD criteria	0.34	0.002	NS	NS
Absence of conjuctivitis	0.98	0.001	0.29	0.01
Presence of arthritis	1.37	<0.001	NS	NS

IVIg = intravenous immunoglobulin; *see definition in methods section; KD = Kawasaki Disease; NS = non-significant.

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