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Table 3 Comparison of fever response and coronary artery lesions between treatments

From: Comparison of second-line therapy in IVIg-refractory Kawasaki disease: a systematic review

 

Fever Response

Persistent non-giant dilation

Giant Aneurysm

Comparison

Risk Ratio [95% CI]

P value

Risk Ratio [95% CI]

P value

Risk Ratio [95% CI]

P value

IVIg vs IVMP

1.0 [0.9–1.2]

0.9

0.9 [0.3–2.6]

0.9

0.1 [0.01–0.9]

0.01*

IFX vs IVMP

1.2 [1.0–1.5]

0.04*

1.2 [0.3–5.9]

0.8

0

0.6#

IFX vs IVIg

1.2 [1.1–1.4]

0.03*

1.3 [0.3–5.6]

0.7

0

1#

  1. IVMP intravenous methylprednisolone, IFX infliximab
  2. *p < 0.05; #one-sided Fischer’s exact test