Characteristic | Healthy controls n = 24 | Febrile controls n = 24 | KD (complete/incomplete) n = 46 (36/10) | P-value |
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Male gender | 14 | 15 | 35 (26/9) | 0.324 |
Age (y) | 7.5 ± 1.0a | 2.6 ± 0.3b | 1.6 ± 0.2b (1.6 ± 0.2/1.7 ± 0.9) | < 0.001 |
Age range (y) | 0–16 | 0–5 | 0–9 (0–5/0–9) |  |
Fever duration (day) |  | 5.1 ± 0.6 | 6.7 ± 3.4 (6.0 ± 0.4/9.1 ± 1.7) | 0.06 |
WBC (1000/uL) | 8.0 ± 0.6a | 9.3 ± 1.0a | 13.7 ± 0.7b (13.6 ± 0.8/14.4 ± 1.3) | < 0.001 |
RBC (million/Ul) | 4.9 ± 0.1a | 4.7 ± 0.1a | 4.3 ± 0.1b (4.3 ± 0.1/4.3 ± 0.1) | < 0.001 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.7 ± 0.2a | 12.2 ± 0.2a | 11.0 ± 0.1b (11.1 ± 0.2/10.5 ± 0.2) | < 0.001 |
CRP (mg/L) |  | 23.5 ± 4.5a | 99.2 ± 11.1b (104.4 ± 12.9/ 80.5 ± 21.5) | < 0.001 |
CAL formation | Â | Â | 22 (15/7) | Â |
IVIG resistance | Â | Â | 8 (8/ 0) | Â |