Table 1: Baseline characteristics, laboratory data of children with MIS-C, and COVID-19.

 

COVID-19

Patients, n:49

MIS-C Patients, n:68

p-value

Odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)

Gender

 Male (n, %)

 

22 (44.9)

 

36 (52.9)

 

0.391

 

Age, Months, (median ± SD)

146.2 ± 50

104.1 ± 58.7

< 0.001

 

Weight-SDS (median, IQR)

0.49 (2.3)

-0.06 (1.35)

0.087

 

Height-SDS (median, IQR)

0.21 (1.18)

0.39 (2.39)

0.527

 

Obesity (n, %)

7 (14.3)

5 (7.5)

0.233

 

BMI-SDS (median, IQR kg/m2)

0.3 (1.95)

-0.43 (2.14)

0.204

 

WBC (mean ± SD,/mm3)

6992 ± 1989

11228 ± 6403

< 0.001

 

Hb (mean ± SD, gr/dL)

13.1 ± 1.6

11.1 ± 1.4

< 0.001

 

Platelet (mean ± SD,/mm3)

295449 ± 66065

20638 ± 11359

< 0.001

 

CRP (mean ± SD, mg/L)

2.5 ± 5.3

172 ± 76

< 0.001

 

ESR (mean ± SD, mm/h)

7.4 ± 7.6

60.3 ± 33.4

< 0.001

 

Ferritin (median, IQR, µg/L)

40.5 (52)

390 (409)

< 0.001

 

Albumin (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

4.5 ± 0.45

3.5 ± 0.7

< 0.001

 

NT-pro BNP (median ± IQR, ng/L)

37.5 (59.5)

2582 (7717)

< 0.001

 

Troponin T (mean ± SD, ng/L)

13 ± 0

34.9 ± 58.9

0.003

 

Cholesterol (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

146 ± 29

128 ± 37

0.02

 

Hypercholesterolemia (n, %)

2 (4.1)

2 (3)

1

 

Triglyceride (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

86 ± 52

181 ± 89

< 0.001

 

Hypertriglyceridemia (n, %)

6 (12.2)

10 (15.2)

0.656

 

HDL- C (median, IQR, mg/dL)

56 ± 18

25 ± 24

< 0.001

 

Low HDL-C (n, %)

7 (14.3)

57 (86.4)

< 0.001

38 (13.098-110.244)

LDL- C (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

77.8 ± 22.4

66.8 ± 34

0.043

 

High LDL-C (n, %)

1 (2)

5 (7.8)

0.231

 

Insulin (mean ± SD, mU/L)

11.7 ± 8.7

22.3 ± 19

< 0.001

 

Glucose (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

86.3 ± 6.7

93.6 ± 24.8

0.024

 

HOMA-IR (mean ± SD)

2.5 ± 1.8

5.5 ± 5.2

< 0.001

 

Insulin Resistance (n, %)

11 (22.4)

38 (60.3)

< 0.001

5.251 (2.268-12.159)

TyG index (mean ± SD)

4.4 ± 0.25

4.8 ± 0.28

< 0.001

 

High Tyg index (n, %)

12 (24.5)

57 (87.7)

< 0.001

21.969 (8.199-58.867)

BMI: Body Mass Index; HDL: High-Density Lipoprotein; LDL: Low-Density Lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; Tyg Index: Triglyceride-Glucose Index; WBC: White Blood Count; HB: Hemoglobin; ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; NT-Pro BNP: N- Terminal Pro- Brain Natriuretic Peptide