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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with Kawasaki disease and Healthy control

From: The elevated serum levels of calcineurin and nuclear factor of activated T-cells 1 in children with Kawasaki disease

Characteristics

Kawasaki disease

Healthy Control

Acute stage

p value

Afebrile stage

p value

Subacute stage

p value

boys/girls

52/22

0.015

    

33/33

Age, months (range)

26(3–119)

0.316

    

33 (2–169)

Weight (kg)

14.7 (6.5–43)

0.416

    

14.8 (6.8–47)

Days of fever (range)

5.5 (2–15)

     

CaN (ng/ml)

2.97 ± 0.63

<0.001

2.71 ± 0.57**

<0.001

2.46 ± 0.49**▲▲

<0.001

1.46 ± 0.33

NFAT1(pg/ml)

305.62 ± 29.29

<0.001

283.77 ± 24.51**

<0.001

259.71 ± 24.42**▲▲

<0.001

218.08 ± 32.10

WBC(× 109/L)

14.67 ± 6.13

<0.001

8.5 ± 3.38**

0.355

7.53 ± 2.09**

<0.001

8.9 ± 2.36

NFAT/WBC

27.12 ± 21.58

0.756

38.64 ± 15.55**

<0.001

37.03 ± 11.08**

<0.001

26.27 ± 8.99

CaN/WBC

0.27 ± 0.24

0.004

0.38 ± 0.19**

<0.001

0.35 ± 0.12*

<0.001

0.18 ± 0.07

N(×109/L)

10.12 ± 5.04

<0.001

3.76 ± 2.65**

0.821

2.78 ± 1.34**

<0.001

3.85 ± 1.82

N(%)

66 ± 15

<0.001

41 ± 16**

0.644

36 ± 13**

0.012

42 ± 13

CRP (mg/l)

75.26 ± 52.59

<0.001

13.96 ± 14.83**

<0.001

3.18 ± 2.83**

0.948

3.15 ± 3.09

PLT(×109/L)

371.23 ± 147.02

0.013

549.30 ± 168.20**

<0.001

361.31 ± 162.99▲▲

0.003

320.98 ± 70.44

ESR (mm/h)

71.89 ± 33.75

88.81 ± 29.18**

18.57 ± 15.27**▲▲

 

IL-2(pg/ml)

4.15 ± 1.28

<0.001

    

3.05 ± 0.89

IL-4(pg/ml)

5.31 ± 5.00

<0.001

    

2.633 ± 0.69

IL-6(pg/ml)

97.3 ± 139.7

<0.001

    

11.7 ± 19.87

IL-10(pg/ml)

17.76 ± 21.03

<0.001

    

4.86 ± 5.7

  1. All p values are for patients versus healthy control. CaN Calcineurin, NFAT nuclear factor of activated T cells, WBCs white blood cells, N neutrophil, CRP C-reactive protein, PLT platelet, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, IL-2 Interleukin-2; **p < 0.01 compared with acute stage; p < 0.05, ▲▲p < 0.01 compared with afebrile stage