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Table 2 Laboratory data at presentation for patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in Michigan, April 2020 – February 2021

From: A descriptive study on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in a single center in West Michigan

 

Total

Group 1

(PICU)

Group 2

(non-PICU)

Reference value

p values

Total

26

15

11

WBC (K/CUMM)

10.385 (8.76–13.03)

10.70 (8.76–14.46)

9.51 (7.65–11.6)

5.00–15.00

0.4062

Hgb (g/dL)a

11.04 (1.93)

10.31 (1.84)

12.05 (1.62)

11.5–14.5

0.0196*

Platelets (K/CUMM)

179.5 (137–226)

147 (124–209)

183 (158–250)

140–400

0.2128

ALC (K/CUMM)

880.5 (402–1490)

876 (299–1490)

1073 (580–1866)

800–7900

0.3781

Sodium (mMol/L)a

133.73 (5.44)

134.27 (6.53)

133 (3.66)

134–146

0.5685

Bicarbonate (mMol/L)

22 (19–24)

22 (19–24)

24 (19–24)

21–29

0.4951

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.475 (0.33–0.70)

0.48 (0.32–0.70)

0.41 (0.33–0.76)

<  0.6

0.8762

Albumin (g/dL)a

2.76 (0.64)

2.62 (0.69)

2.95 (0.54)

3.5–5.0

0.2070

ALT (U/L)

26 (16–39)

27 (16–51)

25 (13–37)

<  40

0.5853

AST (U/L)

32 (21–44)

39 (25–70)

22 (17–39)

<  40

0.0331*

LDH (U/L)

280.5 (222.5–341)

267 (217–334)

327 (228–348)

<  271

0.4516

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

131 (103–185)

130 (102–185)

132 (124–153)

<  150

0.8053

ESR (mm/h)a

48.12 (30.4)

44.33 (29.59)

53.27 (32.16)

<  13

0.4701

CRP (mg/L)

110.3 (82.6–164.9)

145 (95.1–177.9)

90.9 (76–110.3)

<  5

0.0616

Procalcitonin (ng/ml)

6.74 (2.78–16.84)

11.1 (5.7–32.8)

2.79 (1.52–4.98)

<  0.25

0.0298*

Ferritin (ng/mL)

374 (178–809)

520 (178–1590)

200 (178–604.2)

<  336

0.1611

Peak Ferritin (ng/mL)

690.5 (274–1214)

1008 (513–1733)

270 (200–829)

7–142

0.0075*

D-dimer (mg/l FEU)

2190 (1030–3800)

2355 (1540–6850)

2190 (690–2810)

<  0.5

0.2983

BNP (pg/mL)

2147 (552–11,023)

7019 (1631–20,170)

1179 (245–2147)

<  101

0.0218*

Troponin (ng/L)

18 (5.99–40)

18 (5.99–40)

13 (5.99–45)

<  17

0.6739

CK (U/L)

73.5 (43–215)

59 (43–268)

88 (24–162)

<  233

0.5518

Fibrinogen (mg/dL)a

505.27 (127.51)

496.27 (129.8)

517.55 (129.51)

190–400

0.6830

PTT (s)

26 (23.5–28)

26 (24–29)

26.5 (23–27)

<  33.1

0.9765

INR

1.1 (1.1–1.2)

1.2 (1.1–1.6)

1.1 (1–1.2)

< 1.1

0.1121

  1. IQR Interquartile range, WBC White blood cells, Hgb Hemoglobin, ALC Absolute lymphocyte count, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, BNP Brain natriuretic peptide, CK Creatine kinase, PTT Partial thromboplastin time, INR International normalized ratio
  2. aThese were normally distributed data, therefore mean and standard deviations are reported. The remainder of the data was not normally distributed and so medians and interquartile ranges are reported
  3. *significant p value (≤0.05)
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